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Patna-Delhi SpiceJet flight forced to land after fire onboard; no injuries reported
On Sunday, a SpiceJet aircraft was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing at Patna airport after there were reports of a fire inside the plane, reportedly due to engine trouble. All 185 passengers are reportedly safe.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation stated that the incident was caused due to a bird strike.
The flight in question was bound for Delhi.
#WATCH Delhi bound SpiceJet flight returns to Patna airport after reporting technical glitch which prompted fire in the aircraft; All passengers safely rescued pic.twitter.com/Vvsvq5yeVJ
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2022Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi took to Twitter immediately after the report came to vent her anger at the incident.
“Repeatedly been raising this with the minister, with the aviation secretary. Don’t know when they will rise to the occasion and avoid a major mishap waiting to happen,” Chaturvedi tweeted.
This is playing with the lives of passengers. Repeatedly been raising this with the minister, with the aviation secretary. Don’t know when they will rise to the occasion and avoid a major mishap waiting to happen. https://t.co/xb896Y0ARU
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) June 19, 2022An official statement from SpiceJet is awaited.
Last month, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation last month imposed a fine of ₹10 lakh on SpiceJet for training its Boeing 737 Max aircraft's pilots on a faulty simulator.
prior to that, in April, the DGCA had barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained.