SpiceJet’s 737 Max aircraft returns to Chennai after engine snag, plane grounded

A Boeing 737 Max aircraft of SpiceJet, which was headed to Durgapur from Chennai, had to return after one of the engines developed snag mid-air, senior officials of aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday. The Tuesday’s incident was the second involving a Max plane of the SpiceJet in the last five months.

SpiceJet’s another 737 Max plane, which was flying from Mumbai to Kolkata on December 9 last year, had to return to Maharashtra’s capital city due to a “technical issue” in the engine.