A bad day to fly: 3 flight mishaps in one day

Three flight incidents took place on Sunday. A SpiceJet aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing. It landed in Bihta Airforce Station in Patna after the flight’s left wing caught fire. All 185 passengers are reportedly safe. Airport sources said that the flight was a Boeing 727.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has confirmed that a bird hit. Subsequently led to the failure of Engine 1 on the Patna-Delhi SpiceJet aircraft. 185 passengers were travelling in the plane.

During rotation, the cockpit crew suspected a bird hit Engine 1. Since the crew did not observe any abnormality, the aircraft continued to climb further. Once the cabin crew noticed sparks coming out of Engine 1. They informed the Pilot-in-Command, who immediately requested an emergency landing.

In another incident, a Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight landed back at the Delhi Airport. Due to it failed to regain the cabin pressure differential even after attaining a height of 6,000 ft on Sunday.

According to a SpiceJet spokesperson, crew onboard Q400 aircraft SG-2962 noticed the cabin pressure differential was not building up along with the rise in cabin altitude on takeoff from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.