Not just IndiGo, even Jet Airways and SpiceJet planes faced technical glitches over the past weekend, when they had to temporarily ground an aircraft each for inspection.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation officials said the two airlines and national carrier Air India also reported as many as eight technical problems on their planes in the past two days. Officials said that one of the wheels of a Jet Airways Boeing 737 aircraft was found to be damaged before flying to Mumbai on Saturday and that it remained grounded till the problem was fixed.
Engine vibrations
In two other incidents, a Jet Airways flight for Doha from Mumbai had to return to the bay following vibrations in engine 2 of an Airbus A330, while its Chennai flight, also from Mumbai, returned to the bay due to technical issues, an official said.
“On arrival of Jet Airways flight 9W 418 Mumbai- Jaipur, on March 17, and during a routine inspection, necessitated a grounding due a technical requirement. The return flight 9W 417 Jaipur-Mumbai operated with a revised departure on the following day due to Jaipur airfield closure and the arrival of a fresh crew set,” the airline said in a statement.
Similarly, a Patna-Hyderabad-Chennai flight of SpiceJet, also a Boeing 737, was grounded in Hyderabad due to a problem with its wheel and brake, officials said. “There was a minor issue with the wheel, which was replaced and the aircraft returned to operation for its next rotation,” SpiceJet said.
