Passengers on board a 180-seater Delhi-Srinagar Air Sahara airliner had a narrow escape when the plane's wing grazed a parked Air India aircraft after landing at the International airport here today, airport authorities said.

Although both planes shook under the impact, all passengers were safe and there was no report of any injury, they said.

The incident occurred at the apron of the airport as the Air Sahara Boeing from Delhi, which was almost full, was taxiing in. The aircraft's wing brushed past the wing of a parked Air-India plane that had returned with Haj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia, they said, adding that it had no passengers.

The authorities, however, refused to divulge the exact number of passengers on board the Sahara flight, but said the 180-seater aircraft was almost full. The incident occurred as the parking space at the airport, which is undergoing renovation and construction, was not adequate, airport sources said.