New Delhi: A Jabalpur-bound Spicejet flight made an emergency landing in New Delhi Saturday (July 2) morning after smoke was noticed in the cabin.
The flight took off from Delhi in the early hours of Saturday and while passing 5,000 feet, the crew detected smoke in the cabin along with the lavatory smoke alarm going off, a top official at India’s aviation safety regulator DGCA said. “Cabin crew informed the cockpit crew of mild smoke in the cabin, but on the visual check, no sign of smoke or damage was observed in the lavatory,” the official added.
While passing 14,000 feet, more smoke was seen in the cabin and the same was conveyed to the pilots, who levelled the aircraft at 15,000 feet and initiated a turn-back to Delhi, the official said, adding that a “MAYDAY” call was declared to the air traffic control. The aircraft landed safely in Delhi and all passengers were evacuated.
This is the second incident in two weeks when a fire incident occurred in a SpiceJet aircraft. On June 19, a similar incident happened on Patna to Delhi flight.
