Technical malfunctions for low-cost provider SpiceJet appear to be rising by the day. On Tuesday because the airline’s Delhi-Dubai flight was diverted to Karachi attributable to a malfunctioning gasoline indicator, its Kandla-Mumbai flight did precedence touchdown in Mumbai metropolis after cracks developed on its windshield mid-air.
The two incidents of Tuesday have taken the full variety of technical malfunction incidents on SpiceJet plane — which have taken place within the final 17 days — to seven.
Aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating all of the seven incidents, officers mentioned.
The Boeing 737 Max plane — which was heading from Delhi to Dubai on Tuesday morning — began exhibiting uncommon gasoline amount discount from its left tank when it was mid-air, following which it was diverted to Karachi.
When an inspection was achieved on the Karachi airport, no visible leak was noticed from the left tank, officers mentioned.
An official of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCCA) mentioned the pilot of SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight contacted the management tower whereas flying over Pakistan airspace, stating that the plane has developed some technical fault.
After the airplane was allowed to land on humanitarian grounds, engineers of the Pakistan International Airlines labored with SpiceJet crew to find and rectify the technical fault, the PCCA official added.
“Apparently, there was a problem with the aircraft’s light indicator machinery, but it could not be repaired immediately so another aircraft was arranged to take the passengers to Dubai,” he mentioned.
Another supply on the Karachi airport mentioned round 150 passengers have been on board the plane and have been supplied meals and refreshments.
Later throughout the day, a Q400 airplane of SpiceJet performed a precedence touchdown at Mumbai airport after its windshield cracked at 23,000 ft altitude, DGCA officers mentioned.
The Q400 airplane — which was coming from Kandla in Gujarat — didn’t face any cabin stress points, they famous.
About the Kandla-Mumbai flight incident, SpiceJet mentioned, “On July 5, 2022, SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was operating SG 3324 (Kandla-Mumbai). During cruise at FL230 (23,000 feet altitude), P2 side windshield outer pane cracked. Pressurisation was observed to be normal. The aircraft landed safely in Mumbai”.
Commenting on the Delhi-Dubai flight incident, the airline mentioned, “On July 5, 2022, SpiceJet B737 aircraft operating flight SG-11 (Delhi-Dubai) was diverted to Karachi due to an indicator light malfunctioning. The aircraft landed safely at Karachi and passengers were safely disembarked. No emergency was declared and the aircraft made a normal landing. There was no earlier report of any malfunction with the aircraft”.
Since June 19, there have been seven incidents on SpiceJet planes.
On June 19, an engine on SpiceJet’s Delhi-bound plane, carrying 185 passengers, caught hearth quickly after taking off from Patna airport and the airplane made an emergency touchdown minutes later. The engine malfunctioned due to a hen hit.
In one other incident on June 19, a flight to Jabalpur needed to return to Delhi attributable to cabin pressurisation points.
Fuselage door warnings lit up on two separate planes whereas taking off on June 24 and June 25, forcing them to desert their journeys and return.
On July 2, a SpiceJet flight heading to Jabalpur returned to Delhi after the crew members noticed smoke within the cabin at round 5,000-feet altitude.
Notably, SpiceJet has been making losses for the final three years. The provider incurred a web lack of Rs 316 crore, Rs 934 crore and Rs 998 crore in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively.
On Tuesday, SpiceJet’s shares closed down 2.08% at Rs 37.75 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
(With PTI inputs)
Source: www.financialexpress.com”