New Delhi: A SpiceJet cargo jet heading for China returned to Kolkata on Tuesday owing to a defective weather radar, according to the airline’s spokeswoman. ‘SpiceJet’s Boeing 737 freighter (cargo plane) was planned to fly from Kolkata to Chongqing on July 5th, 2022. The weather radar did not indicate the weather after takeoff. The PIC chose to return to Kolkata. The plane successfully landed in Kolkata ‘, ANI cited a spokeswoman as saying.
SpiceJet has had eight mishaps in the last two months.
- 1 May: 12 passengers injured in Mumbai-Durgapur flight
- 4 May: A SpiceJet flight returns to Chennai
- 30 May: DGCA hauls up SpiceJet for training pilots in the faulty simulator
- 19 June: Flight to Jabalpur returns due to cabin smoke
- 19 June: Jabalpur-bound flight lands after cabin pressure failure
- 5 July: Flight to Dubai makes emergency landing due to tech glitch
- 5 July: Aircraft makes priority landing in Mumbai due to cracked windshield
- 5 July: SpiceJet’s cargo flight from Kolkata to Chongqing was forced to return to Kolkata on Tuesday owing to malfunctioning weather radar.
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