NEW DELHI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- An Air India flight flying from Mumbai to Newark of the United States was forced to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan Thursday, officials said.
All the passengers on board the Boeing 777 were safe and the flight was diverted due to "operational reasons", according to Airline officials.
"Air India 191 from Mumbai to Newark has been diverted to Kazakhstan due to operational reasons," an airline spokesman said, "All the passengers are being taken care of."
Reports said the plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a fire alarm in its cargo hold went off.
The aircraft was being inspected to find out reasons that caused the fire alarm to go off, the spokesman said.
The flight took off from Mumbai airport at around 2:25 a.m. (local time) and landed in Kazakhstan at around 8:00 a.m. local time.
The flight will be allowed to proceed to onward destination of Newark only after a thorough check up, the spokesman said.
