127 passengers onboard a Jet Airways plane from New Delhi had a narrow escape after its main landing gear buckled while landing forcing the authorities to close the main runway of the Mumbai Airport.

All the passengers disembarked from aircraft safely, Jet Airways said in a statement.

According to sources, the incident lead to the blocking of the main runway, compelling Mumbai authorities to shift flight operations to the secondary runway.

Jet Airways said its engineering team was working on dragging away the Boeing 737 aircraft from the taxiway.

The airline said, "Airways flight 9W 354 on landing in Mumbai reported a technical fault with the main landing gear. All 127 passengers have been safely disembarked."

Jet Airways engineering teams are checking the aircraft to consider the next course of action for shifting the aircraft form its present location on taxiway, it added.

The airline said, "As per preliminary assessment of the aircraft by the Jet Airways engineering team, the right hand main landing gear has been damaged. Efforts for recovery of the aircraft are currently underway."