An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kathmandu evacuated passengers using a slide chute on Saturday after its rear wheel caught fire while landing in the Nepalese capital, the carrier, India's largest airline, said.
"After parking, the ground engineer observed smoke and fire from the right brake assembly... All 175 passengers, one infant and six crew members are safe," said a statement, adding an investigation was underway.
The low-cost airline, launched in 2006, is a privately-held success story, famed for placing the largest-ever plane order of 180 Airbus A320 aircraft worth more than $15 billion in 2011.
US aviation authorities downgraded India's air safety ranking in January to category two, saying its aviation safety supervision did not comply with international safety standards.
The downgrade brought India below Pakistan and on a par with countries such as Bangladesh, Ghana and Indonesia, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration.
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