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SpiceJet flight turns back after smoke: Will plane explode? Flyer recounts 30 minutes of terror

Pankaj Dubey, a senior advocate in Jabalpur who was on board the SpiceJet SG2962 flight that filled up with smoke on Saturday, recounts to TOI the half-hour of terror as passengers clamped wet towels on their noses and feared that the plane would explode at any moment.

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Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returns to Delhi after smoke detected in plane

A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after passengers claimed smoke in the plane.

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Smoke in SpiceJet's Delhi-Jabalpur flight cabin mid-air; plane returns safely

In another incident on June 19, a flight for Jabalpur had to return to Delhi due to cabin pressurisation issues

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Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet plane returns to Delhi after smoke inside cabin

NEW DELHI: A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet aircraft had to return to Delhi airport after the crew noticed smoke inside the cabin of the plane after take-off on Saturday morning.

The Times of India

Guwahati-bound SpiceJet flight aborts take off at Patna airport following technical glitch

PATNA: A SpiceJet flight from Patna to Guwahati aborted take- off on Saturday late noon after a technical glitch surfaced during its take-off role.

The Times of India

SpiceJet's Dubai flight diverted to Goa due to medical emergency

MUMBAI: SpiceJet's Dubai flight carrying over 130 passengers and three infants from Madurai was diverted to Goa Airport on Monday due to a medical emergency but later proceeded to its destination after deplaning the ailing person, the airline said.

The Times of India

Pilots save the day after Patna-Delhi flight suffers bird hit, engine fire

PATNA: A major accident was averted after a Delhi-bound flight carrying 185 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Patna airport on Sunday. All the passengers and crew members were safely evacuated, officials said.

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Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight returns back after bird hit, alternate plane being arranged

A SpiceJet Boeing 737 with about 185 people on board passengers returned safely to Patna soon after an emergency landing on Sunday afternoon following the reports of a fire in one of the engines.

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Delhi-bound flight catches fire soon after take off from Patna airport

The Spicejet aircraft took off at around 12.10 p.m. on June 19, and according to residents of localities adjacent to the airport, it caught fire immediately

The Hindu

‘No choice’ but to raise airfares, says SpiceJet CMD

Reiterates demand for reduction on taxes on ATF

The Hindu

Minimum 10-15% increase in airfares must due to ATF price increase, rupee slide: SpiceJet CMD

The fuel prices have been rising since the Russia-Ukraine war broke out on February 24

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SpiceJet hiked airfares amid depreciation of rupee, rise in jet fuel prices

India's low-cost airline SpiceJet on Thursday called for 10-15 per cent hikes in airfares to sustain the operation in the wake of rising prices of jet fuel and the depreciation of the Indian Rupee. Full story on Dynamite News:

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SpiceJet cancels two evening departures from Shirdi, scores of passengers stranded, terminal lights switched off

MUMBAI: Scores of passengers were stranded at the Shirdi airport through the night after SpiceJet cancelled its flights to Delhi and Hyderabad on Wednesday evening citing bad weather conditions.

The Times of India

SpiceJet extends ESOP scheme to mid-level employees, critical resource staff

NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet has extended its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) scheme to certain mid-level employees as well as "critical resource" staff for the role they played in the company amid the Covid-19 crisis, sources said on Tuesday.

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Centre yet to pay airlines for Operation Ganga evacuation flights

There was no discussion with airlines on billing criteria when they were roped in

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Safety hazard: DGCA imposes ₹10 lakh fine on SpiceJet for faulty training of Max aircraft pilots

DGCA had last month barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained.

The Times of India

DGCA fines SpiceJet Rs 10 lakh for training Boeing 737 MAX pilots on faulty CAE simulator

NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet has been fined Rs 10 lakh for using a faulty Boeing 737 MAX simulator to train their pilots.

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Ransomware attack fallout: SpiceJet defers Q4 result announcement & board meet

NEW DELHI: SpiceJet has delayed announcing its January-March, 2022, financial result due to the recent ransomware attack it had recently suffered. The result was to be declared on May 30.

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SpiceJet flights delayed again, airline blames “ransomware attack”

SpiceJet said it’s IT team had ‘contained the situation to a large extent’

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SpiceJet appoints Anil Singla as its head of Engineering

SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has appointed Anil Singla, an aviation veteran with more than three decades of experience, as its vice president and head of Engineering. Read details on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Fee for check-in at airport under scanner

SpiceJet, IndiGo, GoAir charge ₹200 from those who don’t check in online

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Cyclone Asani | Several flights from Vizag cancelled again

Air India has cancelled all its flights and SpiceJet has cancelled its Kolkata-Vizag-Kolkata flight

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DGCA checks cover 280 aircraft cabin in a week; find cracked toilet seat, missing handrest

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) recent decision to inspect cabin of aircraft being used by Indian carriers during night parking — first reported by TOI on May 5 — and random spot checks is leading to discovery of many deficiencies on some birds due to lack…

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Durgapur-bound SpiceJet flight returns to Chennai after engine glitch

The incident was the second involving a Max plane of the SpiceJet in the last five months

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