Delhi-Chennai SpiceJet aircraft's flaps get stuck before landing
India | October 09, 2019 23:30 ISTThe landing flaps of the Boeing B737 aircraft did not deploy and the pilots carried out a "flap up" landing, the airlines' spokesperson said.
The landing flaps of the Boeing B737 aircraft did not deploy and the pilots carried out a "flap up" landing, the airlines' spokesperson said.
The order has been issued in accordance with ground-handling regulations (GHA), 2018 but has left some of the private airport operators miffed as this means loss of revenue for them.
As many as 19 passenger aircraft and four freighter planes of SpiceJet have completed more than 26,000 flight cycles and those would be subject to inspection. Each inspection is expected to take around one-hour, the official said.
The airline has inked a pact for leasing the four MAX aircraft, SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting in New Delhi on Monday, according to a source.
Built on the next-generation 737 passenger jet, the 737-800BCF offers lower operating cost per payload tonne than older standard-body freighters, the company claimed.
A SpiceJet flight on way from Chennai to Kolkata had to be diverted to Bhubaneswar on Sunday after a 48-year-old passenger fell sick, officials said, adding that he later died.
Budget air-carrier SpiceJet will soon introduce a non-stop flight on the Kolkata-Bangkok sector and additional frequencies in the domestic sector. The flights would operate daily and are effective from September 25 to October 26, 2019, and from November 5.
Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday suspended a SpiceJet pilot for six months for reaching the middle of an "active runway" at Ahmedabad airport when a GoAir flight had already started its departure roll there, sources said. The pilot was flying the flight SEJ2988 from Ahmedabad to Jaipur on July 9.
The aircraft was taken back to the bay and the airline replaced the crew with the same plane departing for its destination at 8.45 am, the source said.
Pilots of SpiceJet flight SG-634 got a scare after they spotted a man on runway 27 of Mumbai Airport on Thursday (August 22). They immediately alerted airport security after which Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel detained the man.
Just a day after it announced that it will shift all Delhi operations to T3 terminal of Delhi Airport, SpiceJet made another big announcement on Tuesday. The budget carrier said that it will soon operate all its Mumbai flights from T2 terminal.
The movement will take place with effect from 00:01 hours on September 5.
The airline will introduce daily non-stop flight between Delhi and Aurangabad from October 8.
Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday suspended flying licences of two SpiceJet pilots for six months after an aircraft operated by them damaged runway edge lights during landing at Kolkata airport, a senior official said.
SpiceJet technician loses life in freak accident at Kolkata Airport
Due to the closure of airspace by Pakistan, national carrier Air India lost Rs 491 crore till July 2, according to data presented by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Cheap flight tickets on domestic, international routes: IndiGo, GoAir, SpiceJet are among those having great offers to present. The flight offers and discounts assume significance also as suspension of flights by Jet Airways has led to additional demand in the country's civil aviation market.
SpiceJet Dubai-Jaipur SG 58 flight with 189 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at Jaipur airport at 9:03 am.
SpiceJet flight makes an emergency landing at Jaipur airport
Noting that the grounding of Jet Airways was "very sad", Ajay Singh said that internal factors and high costs were among the reasons for its failure
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