After a Delhi-bound SpiceJet aircraft made an emergency landing at Patna airport following the reports of a fire in one of the engines, SpiceJet Limited’s chief of flight operations, Gurcharan Arora informed that the pilots handled the situation well. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will probe the matter.
Gurcharan Arora, Chief of flight operations, SpiceJet, lauded the efforts made by the on-flight crew and said that “Pilots handled the situation well. Only a single engine was functioning when the plane landed back. Engineers inspected the aircraft, and it was confirmed that fan blades & engine were damaged as a bird hit it.”
According to reports, “The flight returned back after a bird hit and due to one engine shut in the air, all on-board passengers safe.”
(With Agency Inputs)