SpiceJet Delhi-Dubai Flight Lands In Karachi After Suspected Fuel Leak.

A SpiceJet aircraft flying from Delhi to Dubai was diverted to Karachi today due to a malfunctioning indicator light, a spokesperson from the airline has said.

The plane landed in Karachi and the passengers were safely deboarded. No emergency was declared, the airline said.

“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. Passengers have been served refreshments. A replacement aircraft is being sent to Karachi that will take the passengers to Dubai,” the airline’s spokesperson has said.

The pilots on board the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft had indicators of a possible fuel leak from one of tanks in the wings of the jet. According to aviation regulator, Directorate General Of Civil Aviation, ”the crew observed unusual fuel quantity reduction”.

In other words, the fuel display in the cockpit appeared to indicate an unexpected loss of fuel from the aircraft. This required the pilot to make a landing in Karachi though this was a precautionary landing, not an emergency one.

The aviation company over the past few months have recorded three such incidents where their aircrafts developed technical difficulties while they were mid-air.

Earlier on July 2, a SpiceJet flight heading to Jabalpur returned to Delhi after smoke filled up its cabin at around 5,000-feet altitude. The DGCA later said that the smoke was caused due to oil leakage in one of the engines of the Q400 aircraft.

Earlier, on June 19, a Delhi-bound SpiceJet aircraft, with 185 passengers on board, made an emergency landing in Patna right after take-off as its left engine caught fire following a bird hit.