Officials said the Kandla-Mumbai flight of SpiceJet was at 23,000 feet altitude when the windshield’s outer pane cracked.
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This plane departed from Karachi at 9.45 pm (IST) with the passengers to Dubai.Įarlier, the outer windshield of SpiceJet’s Q400 turboprop aircraft flying from Kandla in Gujarat made a priority landing in Mumbai after its outer windshield developed a crack mid-air, the airline reported.
SpiceJet’s replacement aircraft was despatched from Mumbai and landed at the Karachi airport at 6.15 pm (IST). “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 said.Īnother source at the Karachi airport said around 150 passengers were on board the aircraft and were provided food and refreshments. The airline said that the aircraft was diverted to Karachi due to an indicator malfunctioning.Īccording to officials, the plane with around 150 passengers on board started showing unusual fuel quantity reduction from its left tank when it was mid-air, following which it was diverted to Karachi.Īs per a PTI report, an official from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCCA) said the pilot of SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai flight contacted the control tower while flying over Pakistan airspace, informing that the aircraft has developed some technical fault.Īfter the plane was allowed to land on humanitarian grounds, engineers of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) worked with SpiceJet crew to locate and rectify the technical faultĪn inspection at Karachi airport revealed no visual leak from the left tank. Here’s a closer look at the malfunctions that have taken place on the low-cost carrier and its repercussions.Ī SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight had to make an emergency landing in Karachi, Pakistan, after it developed a technical fault. “We are concerned over passengers’ safety and a team has been formed to investigate all the incidents thoroughly and submit the report at the earliest,” a senior DGCA official was quoted as saying to NDTV. The Indian aviation regulator, Directorate General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has also ordered an investigation into the matter. The incidents also weighed heavily on the aircraft’s performance at the stock market - with its shares falling over 2 per cent on Tuesday to end at Rs 37.65 apiece on the Bombay Stock Exchange while on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), it declined 2.20 per cent to settle at Rs 37.70 per share. The Ajay Singh-led carrier was caught in two separate incidents on Tuesday, taking the total number of technical malfunction incidents on SpiceJet aircraft in the last 17 days to seven. Given that these costs account for up to 40% of an airline’s total operating costs, this is a major cause of concern for the ailing SpiceJet.Budget carrier SpiceJet is facing turbulence. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices have nearly doubled in the last 12 months.
So overall industry outlook is not good with oil prices remaining firm and demand not picking up,” said aviation expert Amrit Pandurangi. Besides, we are already in winter and people are deferring their holidays both domestic and international. Now lots of restrictions posted by many cities, states, governments and in any case business travel was going to take a lot of time, which has already come down. “I think SpiceJet’s revival will take much longer. And you are sitting crash-strapped, not able to access capital, you are as good as pushing yourself out of the market,” said Praveen Paul, a Bengaluru-based aviation consultant.
“If a downturn like this comes around again and you have guys like Tatas, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala willing to pump in a lot of money into the new product. Another airline joining the race is Akasa Air, co-founded by billionaire and marquee investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. In October 2021, Tata Sons bought Air India from the government.
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