Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returns to Delhi airport after smoke detected in cabin | India News
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NEW DELHI: A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after the crew and people on board noticed smoke in the cabin.
According to SpiceJet spokesperson, smoke was detected inside the plane when the aircraft flying at a height 5000 feet.
Saurabh Chhabra, one of the passengers, said that soon after the flight took off, there was panic as people were facing trouble breathing, reported news agency ANI.
The SG-2862 flight, which took off from Delhi at 6.15am, landed at the Delhi airport again around 7am.
The flight landed safely and all passengers have deboarded.
Earlier on June 19, a Delhi-bound Spice Jet aircraft made an emergency landing at Patna airport after there were reports of a technical glitch which prompted fire inside the plane. All the passengers were safely rescued.
“The Delhi-bound flight had returned to Patna airport after locals noticed a fire in the aircraft and informed district and airport officials. All 185 passengers were safely deboarded. The reason is a technical glitch, engineering team analysing further,” said Chandrashekhar Singh, Patna district magistrate.
A similar incident was reported on May 25 this year. Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack that impacted and slowed down flight departures. Later, the IT team contained and rectified the situation, after which flights resumed normal operation.
In May, SpiceJet flight SG-331 operating from Chennai to Durgapur returned to Chennai after take-off due to a technical issue. The aircraft had landed back safely.
(With inputs from agencies)
According to SpiceJet spokesperson, smoke was detected inside the plane when the aircraft flying at a height 5000 feet.
Saurabh Chhabra, one of the passengers, said that soon after the flight took off, there was panic as people were facing trouble breathing, reported news agency ANI.
The SG-2862 flight, which took off from Delhi at 6.15am, landed at the Delhi airport again around 7am.
The flight landed safely and all passengers have deboarded.
Earlier on June 19, a Delhi-bound Spice Jet aircraft made an emergency landing at Patna airport after there were reports of a technical glitch which prompted fire inside the plane. All the passengers were safely rescued.
“The Delhi-bound flight had returned to Patna airport after locals noticed a fire in the aircraft and informed district and airport officials. All 185 passengers were safely deboarded. The reason is a technical glitch, engineering team analysing further,” said Chandrashekhar Singh, Patna district magistrate.
A similar incident was reported on May 25 this year. Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack that impacted and slowed down flight departures. Later, the IT team contained and rectified the situation, after which flights resumed normal operation.
In May, SpiceJet flight SG-331 operating from Chennai to Durgapur returned to Chennai after take-off due to a technical issue. The aircraft had landed back safely.
(With inputs from agencies)
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