SpiceJet pilots flag snags with plane’s weather radar: Report

Pilots of the SpiceJet aircraft that three months ago faced severe turbulence leaving 14 passengers injured, had flagged reliability defects with the plane’s weather radar, according to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) preliminary investigation as reported by Economic Times.

According to the report, on April 30, pilots of the aircraft, VT-SLH, while operating from Delhi to Kolkata, found that the radar was not depicting the weather accurately. After landing at Kolkata, the commander of the aircraft made note of the issue in the pilot defect report. As indicated in the report, SpiceJet’s maintenance control centre was aware of these issues.