Windshield cracks mid-air on Gujarat-Mumbai SpiceJet plane

A SpiceJet plane made a priority landing in Mumbai after it suffered a crack on its outer windshield mid-air. The plane was flying from Kandla in Gujarat to Mumbai when the incident took place. 

Officials said the Kandla-Mumbai flight of SpiceJet was at 23,000 feet altitude when the windshield’s outer pane cracked. The pilots then conducted priority landing at the Mumbai airport. 

“During cruise at FL230, P2 side windshield outerpane cracked. Associated non normal checklist actions were carried out. Pressurization was observed to be normal. Priority landing was carried out and aircraft landed safely at BOM (Bombay),” the airline said in a statement, ANI reported. 

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This is at least the seventh incident of technical malfunction happening on SpiceJet aircraft in the last 17 days.

Earlier in the day, SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight was diverted to Karachi as the fuel indicator started malfunctioning.

The Boeing 737 Max aircraft started showing unusual fuel quantity reduction from its left tank when it was mid-air, authorities said. The plane was then diverted to Karachi.

“On July 5, 2022, SpiceJet B737 aircraft operating flight SG-11 (Delhi-Dubai) was diverted to Karachi due to an indicator light malfunctioning. The aircraft landed safely at Karachi and passengers were safely disembarked. No emergency was declared and the aircraft made a normal landing. There was no earlier report of any malfunction with the aircraft,” the airline said. 

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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating the two incidents which took place on Tuesday, along with the previous five incidents, officials noted, PTI reported. 

This is a developing story