Published On : Thu, Nov 29th, 2018

Air India plane with 179 passengers on board hits building at Stockholm airport

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An Air India plane carrying 179 passengers struck a building at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport with its wingtip as it taxied to gate on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported, police said.

“The 179 passengers could disembark from the plane on a mobile staircase and thereafter enter the terminal,” police wrote in a statement. The cause of the accident was not immediately known, police said.

Several police cars and fire trucks were parked by the plane.

According to airport operator Swedavia’s website, the flight had originated in New Delhi.