NEW DELHI: Tense moments were witnessed on Tuesday afternoon at Terminal 3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport when a shuttle bus operated by the Air India Group suddenly caught fire in the apron area near a parking bay.

The bus was on its way to pick up crew members of an Air India flight from Hong Kong to Delhi. According to sources in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), passengers had deboarded some time earlier, and the bus—operated by Air India SATS, a ground-handling service—was heading only to fetch the crew.

“The bus was stationary, but the engine had not been switched off. The engine, located in the rear portion of the CNG bus, caught fire all of a sudden, though the cause is not yet known. The driver managed to escape, and the airport fire service doused th

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