On Wednesday night, a SpiceJet plane made an emergency landing at Hyderabad airport after smoke was detected in the cabin. The flight from Goa arrived safely, and passengers left the plane via an emergency exit.
An official reported that one passenger received minor scratches on the feet while disembarking from the plane. It was announced that the incident will be investigated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
“A SpiceJet Q400 aircraft operating from Goa to Hyderabad landed safely at its destination on October 12 after smoke was observed in the cabin during descent. Passengers disembarked safely,” a SpiceJet spokesperson said in a statement.
According to a Hyderabad airport official, there were 86 passengers on board the plane, and up to nine flights were diverted on Wednesday night after the incident at around 11 p.m.
The DGCA has already increased its surveillance of SpiceJet, which has had at least six safety incidents this year. The regulator also ordered the airline to operate only half of its total flights until October 29.
In a similar incident in July, a low-cost carrier flight bound for Jabalpur made an emergency landing in Delhi.
On June 19, two SpiceJet incidents were reported: one involving a bird hit on a Boeing 737-operated Patna-Delhi flight, in which the pilots safely returned to Patna after an engine shut down, and the other involving a Bombardier Q400 Dash 8 plane flying from Delhi to Jabalpur that had to make an emergency landing in Delhi after cabin pressure did not build up in line with the plane’s altitude gain.
Following these incidents, the DGCA issued SpiceJet a show-cause notice. According to the aviation safety regulator’s notice, it was discovered that “poor internal safety oversight” and “inadequate maintenance actions” had resulted in the degradation of safety margins after reviewing various incidents.
Following this, SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh stated that the airline would be “doubly careful” and would strengthen aircraft inspection before flights.
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