A assessment of previous occurrences, including an aircraft’s emergency landing at Karachi airport, revealed “poor internal safety monitoring and inadequate maintenance activities” by airline SpiceJet, prompting India’s aviation authority to issue a warning notice to the company.
After reporting a problem and requesting permission from the authorities, the aeroplane carrying 132 passengers and 12 crew members from Delhi made an unplanned landing at Jinnah International Airport Karachi on Tuesday.
A examination of various occurrences involving SpiceJet aircraft since April 1 revealed, according to India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), that “the aircraft either turned back to its originating station or continued landing to the destination with decreased safety margins.”
SpiceJet reported two mid-air issues alone on July 5.
In one instance, a broken indicator light forced SpiceJet to divert its Boeing 737 to Karachi. The safe landing of both aircraft.
In the second instance, a Bombardier Q400 aircraft’s side glass outer pane fractured in midflight. The second instance,
The DGCA wrote in its letter, giving the airline three weeks to react, that “the review transpires that poor internal safety monitoring and inadequate maintenance activities has resulted in degradation of the safety margins.”
SpiceJet said it is dedicated to ensuring a safe operation for its customers and crew after its shares dropped to their lowest level since March 2020 in early session.
“The DGCA has periodically audited us. The regulator audited all of our planes a month ago and found that they were all safe “According to the company, all of its flights are operated in accordance with aviation laws. The Indian budget airline’s shares have dropped 43.4% so far this year, compared to a 17.6% decline at competitor Interglobe Aviation.
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