Suspected Engine fire on landing forced Gulf Air Airbus A321-231 (flight GF215) to carry out emergency evacuation of occupants at Kuwait intl Airport !

9.3 years old Gulf Air Airbus A321-231 was suspected to have undergone an engine fire incident while landing at Kuwait international Airport.

The incident aircraft registered as A9C-CB was carrying out flight GF215 from Bahrain to Kuwait, vacated the runway 33L immediately after landing and stopped on taxiway W1, after which the emergency evacuation process was carried out by activating 6 of emergency slides.

Surprisingly, Left side , mid cabin emergency slides were not activated, which gives an indication that left engine might have undergone the fire incident.

All the occupants that include 62 passengers and 7 crew members have been safely evacuated.

Aircraft comes installed with two IAE V2533-A5 Engines and has been operating under Gulf Air from 29/03/2012 .