Two SpiceJet Boeing flights from B’luru, Mumbai suffer mid-air glitches

Bengaluru, 12 May 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Two of the SpiceJet’s Boeing passenger planes- one from Mumbai and other from Bengaluru- suffered mid-air technical glitches, forcing their pilots to terminate journeys with one flight landing back in Mumbai and second diverted to Nagpur Saturday.

SpiceJet flight SG 8720 from Bengaluru to New Delhi was diverted to Nagpur after the pilot reported some issue to the ATC and sought a diversion.

“SpiceJet flight SG 8720 operating on Bangalore-Delhi route was diverted to Nagpur due to a technical issue. Passengers were served refreshments at Nagpur. An alternative aircraft was sent to Nagpur and the passengers have now boarded the flight to Delhi,” the airline said in a statement.

In a similar incident, the airline’s Chennai-bound flight SG-611, which departed from Mumbai’s Chhatrapapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at around 7.30 am, returned to the city airport due to a mid-air technical glitch after being airborne for about 16 minutes, a source said.

A SpiceJet spokesperson confirmed the return of its Chennai flight to Mumbai due to a “technical” issue.

“The aircraft has already departed back for its destination around 10 am after the engineers rectified the glitch,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson, however, did not share the number of passengers on board the two Boeing 737 planes.