According to the airline, the incident happened on the Delhi-Hyderabad flight on Monday, where a man inappropriately touched a cabin crew member.
In its statement on Wednesday, SpiceJet said the flight was delayed on account of weather disruption in the network and the aircraft's previous rotation.
SpiceJet flight with 197 passengers onboard makes emergency landing at Kochi airport
SpiceJet Mumbai-Durgapur flight turbulence: Two of the injured passengers -- one with a head injury and another with a spinal injury – were admitted to the ICU ward of a hospital in Durgapur (West Bengal), aviation safety regulator DGCA said in a statement in May.
Trouble-hit SpiceJet is getting some sort of financial relief from the government's Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS).
On May 1, the Boeing B737 aircraft operating flight SG-945 from Mumbai to Durgapur encountered severe turbulence during the descent which resulted in injuries to a few passengers. There were a total of 195 persons on board the aircraft including two pilots and four cabin crew members.
The viral video shows Bobby Kataria -- who has 6.3 lakh followers on Instagram -- lighting a cigarette on one of the back rows of a SpiceJet plane, lying down on all three seats and smoking.
SpiceJet Aircraft Malfunction: A senior official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) called the incident as "routine", adding that the regulator has started a probe into it.
SpiceJet planes were involved in at least eight technical malfunction incidents in the 18-day period starting June 19, following which the DGCA had on July 6 issued a show-cause notice to the airline
SpiceJet controversy: SpiceJet has failed to establish safe, efficient and reliable air service, mentioned the plea. The plea filed by lawyer Rahul Bhardwaj said multiple recent incidents have occurred in connection to SpiceJet flights.
SpiceJet planes have been involved in at least nine technical malfunction incidents during the last 24 days. DGCA had earlier issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet, saying the budget carrier has failed to establish safe and efficient air service.
SpiceJet news: Gurugram police on Monday said an FIR has been filed against Singh, who is Chairman and Managing Director of SpiceJet, based on a complaint by one Amit Arora for allegedly duping him on the pretext of allotting shares of the company.
Due to bad weather and heavy rain in Kolkata, all departures or arrivals and their consequential flights may get affected. Passengers are requested to keep a check on their flight status via the website of SpiceJet.
SpiceJet spokesperson said that On 5th July, 2022, SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was operating SG 3324 (Kandla - Mumbai). During cruise at FL230, P2 side windshield outer pane cracked.
Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight safely returns to Delhi airport after crew notices smoke in cabin
The SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was operating flight SG-3724, sector PAT-GAU.
The air traffic controller was apprised and the aircraft landed safely at the Mumbai airport.
The airline's IT team has contained and rectified the situation and flights are operating normally now, the spokesperson added.
DGCA said it took off the roster flight crew, aircraft engineer, and in-charge of SpiceJet's maintenance control center pending probe.
Eight of those hospitalised due to the turbulence on SpiceJet flight have been discharged so far.
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