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Giving details of the rescue and humanitarian assistance operation Mr Mishra elaborated, "Our duty team along with unit ambulance were Wholesale O ring the first agency to rush to the scene of incident.Preliminary investigation revealed that a smoke broke out due to a suspected short circuit in the auxiliary power unit, which supplies additional power, of the aircraft, sources said.Shockingly an Airport Authority of India (AAI) reached the spot with support 25 minutes later, according to the ICG. The incident took place at around 12. Around 25 minutes after the incident the support team of the AAI reached the site and took over formalities of the passengers evacuation and further necessary clearances."Mr Mishra said, "All foreign/Indian passengers, AAI staff, Airport deputy director, CISF and allied agencies praised the ICGs timely and proactive assistance.

Immediate humanitarian assistance and support was provided to the passengers when they were in panic. The commanding officer alongwith his skeleton team rushed to the spot.Narrating the scene Mr Mishra said, "The passengers and the aircrew were in a state of panic deplaning through the emergency escape slides/chutes.Responding to what could have been a major disaster, a team of a dozen Indian Coast Guard (ICG) personnel rushed to the scene and evacuated the passengers within half-an-hour. Medical assistance and first-aid were given to around 20 passengers who suffered bruises, cuts, rash, wounds and sprain prior arrival of any other medical assistance.The airbus, carrying around 120 passengers including many foreigners, was on a taxiway barely 150 meters away from the ICG hangar.Commanding Officer of the ICGs air squadron, which is based with a hangar at the NSCBI airport, commandant K R Arun was on a surprise round.

We immediately interacted with the Bhutan Airlines aircrew and passengers. All passengers seemed to be left unattended and the airhostesses along with the the pilots were seeking immediate assistance.Suddenly they found a smoke coming out of from the Bhutan Airlines (A5-BAB) airbus. Around 50 passengers were provided water and biscuits. All the emergency chutes were deployed from the aircraft.The 20 passengers injured got hurt while evacuating the aircraft and carry no burn injuries."Flight operations were stopped at the airport soon.Kolkata: Around 20 air-passengers were injured while trying to escape after a smoke billowed out of the auxiliary power unit (APU) of a Bhutan Airlines aircraft soon before its take-off from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) on Saturday afternoon.