A Spice Jet aircraft on a Delhi-Srinagar flight made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Monday afternoon because of a tyre problem, officials said. All the 188 passengers were reported to be safe.

"A Delhi-Srinagar Spice Jet aircraft, which took off from the Delhi airport, had to make an emergency landing here at 2.40 pm on Monday after the Air Traffic Control informed the Spice Jet authorities that they noticed some tyre debris on the runway," an airline official said.