<p>Their swift action followed by the urgent response of the police led the air traffic control (ATC) to clear the runway for the New York-bound Air India plane to return to base and land safely under emergency conditions last Saturday, police said today.<br /><br />Air India officials said the pilots had noticed the flames soon after take-off and had already sought permission for an emergency landing from the ATC. All those on board were safe.</p>.<p>They said the boys could have noticed the plane when it was returning to land.<br />Air India's Boeing 777 (Long Range) plane, with 339 passengers and 16 crew members on board, was operating as flight AI-101 from New Delhi to New York. It took off around 0130 hours on the intervening night of July 16 and 17 as per schedule.<br /><br />Soon after take off, the right engine developed technical trouble, prompting the pilots to immediately turn around.</p>.<p>At that time, five school students - Kartik Bhadolia, Jaideep Gosai, Himanshu Soni, Mannan Soni and Malik Gilani, who were partying on the terrace of a house in Saket, spotted sparks and flame from the engine. </p>
<p>Their swift action followed by the urgent response of the police led the air traffic control (ATC) to clear the runway for the New York-bound Air India plane to return to base and land safely under emergency conditions last Saturday, police said today.<br /><br />Air India officials said the pilots had noticed the flames soon after take-off and had already sought permission for an emergency landing from the ATC. All those on board were safe.</p>.<p>They said the boys could have noticed the plane when it was returning to land.<br />Air India's Boeing 777 (Long Range) plane, with 339 passengers and 16 crew members on board, was operating as flight AI-101 from New Delhi to New York. It took off around 0130 hours on the intervening night of July 16 and 17 as per schedule.<br /><br />Soon after take off, the right engine developed technical trouble, prompting the pilots to immediately turn around.</p>.<p>At that time, five school students - Kartik Bhadolia, Jaideep Gosai, Himanshu Soni, Mannan Soni and Malik Gilani, who were partying on the terrace of a house in Saket, spotted sparks and flame from the engine. </p>