Update: The foreign object damage has been confirmed due to a bird hit. The aircraft is now being inspected by the GoAir engineering team.

The right engine of a GoAir Ahmedabad to Bengaluru flight suffered a damage from foreign object damage while on the take-off roll. The suspected FOD resulted in a small fire which has been doused. All passengers and crew are safe.

In a statement GoAir said that the right engine of the Ahmedabad-Bengaluru flight suffered damage, which resulted in a small fire. "The right engine of GoAir Ahmedabad to Bengaluru flight suspected to have suffered from a foreign object damage while on take-off roll. The suspected FOD resulted in a small fire which has been doused. All passengers and crew are safe," GoAir said in a statement.

#NewsAlert - The right engine of GoAir Ahmedabad to Bengaluru flight suspected to have suffered from foreign object damage while on the take-off roll. The suspected FOD resulted in a small fire which has been doused. All passengers and crew are safe.@Zebaism with details. pic.twitter.com/ZG1DQMW3de — News18 (@CNNnews18) February 18, 2020

The airlines added that no emergency evacuation was carried out and passengers will be deplaned after the aircraft is towed off the runway.