New Delhi: A bus operated by AI SATS, a third-party ground-handling service provider for Air India, caught fire near bay number 32 at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 (T3) on Tuesday morning.

According to multiple reports, the incident took place just a few metres away from an aircraft.

Fortunately, no passengers were onboard the bus at the time of the fire. The blaze was quickly brought under control by the airport fire team, and no injuries or damage to nearby aircraft were reported.

“In a stray incident, a bus operated by one of the Ground handlers caught fire around noon today. Our expert ARFF team on ground immediately swung into action and extinguished the fire within a couple of minutes,” Delhi Airport said while responding to a passenger’s query on social media platform X.

“The bus

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