New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- IndiGo's Mumbai-bound flight was delayed for takeoff after it developed a flat tyre in the apron of the Dumna airport in Jabalpur on Monday, said an airport official.

The IndiGo plane was to return to Mumbai at 12.40 pm, but was delayed due to the tyre problem.

Most of the passengers of the stranded flight were later flown to their destination via Bengaluru and Delhi after a replacement tyre was flown in from Delhi, said the official, reported PTI.

The IndiGo flight landed at Jabalpur's Dumna airport from Mumbai around noon. After all passengers had safely deboarded, one of the aircraft's tyres deflated while it was parked on the apron, Jabalpur Airport Director Rajeev Ratan Pandey told PTI.

The delayed flight wit...