SpiceJet flight returns to Chennai after engine glitch
A SpiceJet flight operating on a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from Chennai to Durgapur in West Bengal on Tuesday evening turned back to land at its origin point shortly after take-off. According to sources, while climbing out of Chennai, pilots were alerted of a glitch in the aircraft’s right-hand side engine, following which the crew decided to turn the engine off and land back at Chennai airport.
Notably, this is the second such incident with SpiceJet involving its Boeing 737 MAX plane, which is equipped with CFM Leap engines. In December, because of a similar glitch, a Kolkata-bound flight had returned to Mumbai.
