Sunday double trouble: SpiceJet flights return to Patna & Delhi after bird hit & cabin pressurisation snag | India News

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NEW DELHI: A SpiceJet Boeing 737 with about 200 people on board returned safely to Patna soon after take off on Sunday afternoon after the airport got calls from locals who had reportedly seen fire in one of the engines.
The aircraft (VT-SYZ), prima facie, suffered bird hit during take off. The pilots off flight SG 723 switched off the affected engine and returned safely to Patna. Luckily no one was injured in this emergency landing.
“The aircraft had 185 passengers (including two infants) and six crew members (two pilots and four cabin crew). Engine number 1 was shut down and the aircraft returned safely to Patna. No one was injured,” said a senior DGCA official overseeing this case.

This was the second SpiceJet flight scare on Sunday. A Dash8 Q400 flying from Delhi to Jabalpur as SG 2962 also had to return to the origin soon after take off. The turboprop (VT-SUU) suffered a “pressurisation snag.
During initial climb, crew observed cabin pressure differential was not building up along with rise in cabin altitude. Aircraft levelled off at 6000 feet and a checklist of actions were carried out. Pressurisation was not regained.
Air turn back was initiated and aircraft landed safely at Delhi,” said an official.
Comments have been sought from SpiceJet on these twin cases and are awaited.



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