Indigo Sharjah-Hyderabad flight had to land at Karachi airport in Pakistan on Sunday after the pilot had reported a technical fault in the aircraft, following which the decision was taken to divert the flight to Karachi. The plane is being checked at Karachi airport. Indigo Airlines is planning to send another plane to Karachi. This is the second time in two weeks that an Indian airline company's aircraft had to land at Karachi airport.
Indigo Airlines said in a statement, "As a precautionary measure, the aircraft was diverted to Karachi, Pakistan after the pilot of the Sharjah-Hyderabad flight noticed a technical fault in the aircraft." An additional flight is being sent to Karachi to take the passengers to Hyderabad. Earlier on July 5, due to a technical snag, a SpiceJet flight had to make an emergency at Karachi airport. SpiceJet's plane SG-11 was going from Delhi to Dubai.
Serious questions are being raised about passenger safety in airlines operating in India. In the last few days, the three major airline companies of the country, Vistara, SpiceJet and Indigo, have been facing frequent disturbances in the planes, due to which the situation of emergency landing is arising. On July 15, IndiGo's Delhi-Vadodara flight had to be diverted to Jaipur due to engine failure. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered an inquiry in this regard.
A video of this incident was shared by Twitter account handler @KingdomEastern with the given caption "as Big Breaking Sharjah Hyderabad Indigo Flight emergency landed in Karachi due to technical problem, n this was the second Indian flight to land in #Karachi after two weeks. Passenger chanting Har har Mahadev".
In this 37-sec video, we can hear that passengers are chanting the name of Lord Shiva over and over again to come out of fear or for their safety. This video has been watched by 38K people as of now and has been liked by 350 people. Meanwhile, it was also reported that passengers are safe and another plan will send soon to Karachi to bring them back.
Engine failure of Vistara airline's Bangkok to Delhi flight On July 6, an engine failure on Vistara airline's Bangkok to Delhi flight had failed. The plane made a landing at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport with only one engine. Vistara's VT-TNJ numbered flight was being operated from an Airbus A-320 aircraft. According to the information, after a fault in the electric system of the plane's engine, the entire engine failed. However, no passenger was hurt in this incident.
Smoke was seen in the cabin of Indigo airline's Raipur-Indore flight from the Raipur-Indore flight of Indigo Airlines on July 5 last. DGCA officials have informed that the crew of the aircraft noticed smoke in the cabin after landing at Indore airport. The plane was in the taxi bay at that time. This Indigo flight was operated from Airbus A-320 Neo aircraft. In this incident also no passenger was hurt.
8 Cases of Technical Fault in SpiceJet Aircraft: Planes are constantly facing technical glitches. In the last few days, only 8 cases of technical faults have been reported in the company's plans. Three cases are of July 5 alone. The DGCA had sent a show cause notice given the frequent security lapses in the company's plans. SpiceJet was asked to respond in 3 weeks.
SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai flight landed in Karachi, a Kangra-Mumbai flight's windshield broken, a China-bound cargo plane landed in Kolkata, a Delhi-Jabalpur flight saw smoke, and SpiceJet's plane took off from the left wing in Patna At that time the sparks started coming out.