Hyderabad: A SpiceJet flight with over 59 passengers on-board to Jabalpur from Hyderabad had to make an emergency landing in Nagpur due to a technical snag. According to sources, the SpiceJet flight (1096) had departed the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at 1.30 pm on Friday and was scheduled to reach Jabalpur at 2.30 pm.
“The pilot identified identified a technical snag in the engine mid-air and informed the nearest Air Traffic Control Center at Nagpur Airport requesting for an emergency landing. After receiving clearances from the ATC, the flight landed safely at the airport,” said the source. Confirming the incident, sources in the budget airline said, “It was a technical snag and our engineers are attending to it. All the passengers and crew were deplaned safely.” The passengers were put on alternative planes for their onward journey to Jabalpur.
