Second time in 5 months: SpiceJet Boeing 737 MAX returns safely to Chennai post engine snag

NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: In a second case of a MAX engine inflight shutdown (IFSD) in five months, a SpiceJet Boeing 737 MAX, which was flying from Chennai to Durgapur on Tuesday, has been grounded. One of the engines of the aircraft had suffered an IFSD at 8.19 pm, an hour after its take-off. The … Read more

Air turbulence: 2 in ICU, DGCA grounds SpiceJet crew

NEW DELHI: Operating the badly rattled Boeing 737 onward to Kolkata hours after it encountered severe turbulence during the Durgapur approach on Sunday night has cost SpiceJet dear. The DGCA has removed from duty the aircraft maintenance engineer who cleared this plane to take off from Durgapur, the pilots who flew it to Kolkata as … Read more