Digital Desk: On Wednesday night, a SpiceJet flight from Goa
made an emergency landing at Hyderabad airport after smoke was spotted in the
cabin and cockpit. According to sources, the aviation regulator DGCA is looking
into the incident.
Passengers exited safely through the emergency exit when the
plane touched down. A DGCA representative said that one passenger received
minor foot scrapes when they exited the plane.
As many as nine planes were diverted on Wednesday night after
the incident at around 11 p.m., according to a Hyderabad airport official.
There were 86 passengers onboard the Q400 aircraft VT-SQB.
One of the SpiceJet passengers tweeted a picture of the
smoke-filled cabin along with two videos showing the plane's emergency landing
at Hyderabad Airport.
SpiceJet has recently experienced operational and financial
challenges, and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has already increased
its monitoring of the airline (DGCA). Additionally, the regulator had
instructed the airline to run only 50% of its scheduled flights through October
29.
The DGCA official stated that the issue is being looked into on
Thursday.
"On October 12, a SpiceJet Q400 flying from Goa to
Hyderabad safely landed at its destination after smoke was spotted in the cabin
as it descended. After safely disembarking, passengers "a spokeswoman for
an airline said.
The DGCA representative claimed that smoke found in the cockpit
and cabin caused the jet to make an emergency landing.
Due to a number of mishaps affecting SpiceJet's flights, the DGCA ordered SpiceJet to fly a maximum of 50% of its flights that were allowed in the summer schedule for a period of eight weeks.
The limitations were extended last month until October 29.
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