In a tweet, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said: "Passenger safety is paramount. Even the smallest error hindering safety will be thoroughly investigated & course-corrected."
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.
According to DGCA officials, SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight was diverted to Karachi due to fuel indicator malfunction
SpiceJet Boeing 737, which had taken off from Patna to Delhi on Sunday, returned after some passengers reported of engine fire. The flight was carrying 185 passengers, all of whom were reported safe upon landing.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation informed that an alternate SpiceJet flight was arranged. Over 180 passengers were on-board and none of them got injured. It was later revealed that the spark was caused due to a bird hit.
Over 180 passengers were on board and there has been no report of any injury.
The DGCA grounded Boeing 737 Max planes in India on March 13, 2019, three days after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max aircraft crashed near Addis Ababa, killing 157 people including four Indians.
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.
In the "cash and carry" model, the airline has to make daily payments to the AAI for various charges -- navigation, landing, parking, and others -- to operate flights.
The Mumbai-Durgapur flight of SpiceJet ran into severe turbulence, leaving 17 injured, including three cabin crew.
Eight of those hospitalised due to the turbulence on SpiceJet flight have been discharged so far.
Passengers sustained injuries as cabin baggage fell on many of them, leading to head injuries to several flyers.
The DGCA's move comes after a 737-800 plane operated by China airline crashed in mountains in southern China killing 132 people on board last month.
The trial court had rejected Singh's anticipatory bail application last month, stating that it did not find sufficient grounds to grant relief to him in view of the overall facts and circumstances of the case and the gravity of the offence.
Three Indian carriers -- SpiceJet, Vistara and Air India Express -- have Boeing 737 aircraft in their fleets. When asked what steps the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is taking following Monday's crash, Kumar told PTI, "Flight safety is serious business and we are closely studying the situation. In the interim, we are focusing on enhanced surveillance of our 737 fleet."
The Supreme Court on Friday asked SpiceJet to try settling with Credit Suisse as it stayed the Madras HC order asking the airline to wind up its operations.
As per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), mandatory take-off permission is required for any aircraft from ATC before the flight takes off, whether the runway is secured or not or any other aircraft not arriving for an emergency.
Air India Airport Services Ltd's senior manager Sunil Sangole said that a SpiceJet flight heading to Mumbai from Gorakhpur with 182 passengers and crew members on board made an emergency landing at the Nagpur airport at 12.32 PM after a passenger, who was three-month pregnant, had a medical emergency.
An agreement for performance of such services for a period of 10 years was entered into between SpiceJet and SR Technics on November 24, 2011. The terms of payments were also agreed. On August 24, 2012 a supplemental agreement was also entered into to change certain terms of the agreement.
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