Tiruchirapalli, Oct 12 (UNI) Passengers and crew on board an Air India Express flight bound for Dubai from Tiruchirapalli had a 'miraculous' escape, after the aircraft hit an Instrument Landing System (ILS) antenna and smashed the compound wall while take off from Tiruchirapalli International Airport, early on Friday.

Airport Director K.Gunasekaran told newsmen that all the 129 passengers and seven crew members on board the Boeing 737-800 aircraft were safe and were deplaned, after the flight made an emergency landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, this morning.