SpiceJet's Mumbai-Kandla flight aborts take off as caution alert lights up

A SpiceJet aircraft heading to Kandla in Gujarat safely aborted take off on the Mumbai airports runway on Thursday as the caution alert lit up the airline said on ThursdayThis is at least the ninth incident of technical malfunction on a SpiceJet aircraft in the last 40 daysAviation regulator DGCA had on Wednesday ordered SpiceJet to operate not more than 50 per cent of its flights for eight weeks to ensure safe and reliable transport serviceDuring these eight weeks the budget carrier will be subjected to enhanced surveillance by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCAThe airline however said there has been no flight cancellations because of the regulators order as it is already operating limited services due to the current lean travel seasonAlso Read SpiceJet director booked for allegedly duping businessman of lakhs airline calls case frivolousOn Thursdays incident SpiceJet said A SpiceJet Q400 aircraft scheduled to operate from Mumbai to Kandla rejected take off owing to illumination of a caution alert Crew acted as per the SOP standard operating procedureThere was no safety scare The aircraft returned back to bay and all passengers and crew safely deboarded it mentionedOn July 5 a SpiceJet freighter aircraft which was heading to Chongqing in China returned to Kolkata as the pilots realised after the takeoff that its weather radar was not workingThe same day the airlines DelhiDubai flight was diverted to Karachi due to a malfunctioning fuel indicator and its KandlaMumbai flight did priority landing in Maharashtras capital city after cracks developed on its windshield midairOn July 2 a SpiceJet flight heading to Jabalpur returned to Delhi after the crew members observed smoke in the cabin at an altitude of around 5000 feetFuselage door warnings lit up on two separate SpiceJet planes while taking off on June 24 and June 25 forcing the aircraft to abandon their journeys and returnOn June 19 an engine on the carriers Delhibound aircraft carrying 185 passengers caught fire soon after it took off from the Patna airport and the plane made an emergency landing minutes later The engine malfunctioned because of a bird hitIn another incident on June 19 a SpiceJet flight for Jabalpur had to return to Delhi due to cabin pressurisation issuesThe airline has been making losses for the last three years It incurred a net loss of Rs 316 crore Rs 934 crore and Rs 998 crore in 201819 201920 and 202021 respectivelyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever