NEW DELHI: A Nashik-bound SpiceJet flight that took off from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Thursday morning returned midway to the city following an ‘autopilot’ snag, a DGCA official said.
The Boeing 737 aircraft landed safely, the official said.
“SpiceJet B737 aircraft VT-SLP, operating flight SG-8363 (Delhi-Nashik) on Thursday was involved in an air turnback due to an autopilot snag,” he said.
Facing financial turbulence amid high fuel prices and rupee depreciation, SpiceJet aircraft have been involved in a series of incidents in the past as well, following which the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued a show-cause notice to the airline.
