Passengers of a Dubai-bound Air India (AI) Express flight had a miraculous escape when the aircraft's wheels hit a perimeter wall during take-off in the early hours of Friday, officials said.

The plane, with 136 passengers and crew members on-board, continued for Dubai and was eventually diverted to Mumbai after Trichy airport officials reported to the pilots that the aircraft might have come in contact with a wall. Nobody was hurt in the incident and the aircraft landed in Mumbai at 5:35 am after being in flight for four hours, officials said. The pilots of the aircraft have been "derostered" pending probe, Air India Express said in a statement.