A SpiceJet plane, flying from Kandla in Gujarat, made a precedence touchdown in Mumbai after its outer windshield developed a crack mid-air, stated the airline. That is the second incident within the day involving a SpiceJet aircraft.
Officers stated the Kandla-Mumbai flight of SpiceJet was at 23,000 ft altitude when the windshield’s outer pane cracked.
All passenger and crew members are protected, the airline stated in a press release.
“Throughout cruise at FL230, P2 facet windshield outerpane cracked. Related non regular guidelines actions had been carried out. Pressurization was noticed to be regular. Precedence touchdown was carried out and plane landed safely at BOM (Bombay),” the airline stated in a press release.
Aviation sources have informed Bibarud that that is the seventh safety-related concern in SpiceJet in lower than three weeks. The opposite incidents, all of which have been delivered to the eye of the regulator, together with two door warnings, a chicken hit, oil leakage from an engine, a pressurisation drawback along with in the present day’s malfunction.