SpiceJet Bangkok Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Kolkata After Engine Blade Breaks During Take Off

SpiceJet Bangkok Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Kolkata After Engine Blade Breaks During Take Off | Exclusive

SpiceJet flight bound for Bangkok made an emergency landing in Kolkata in the early hours of Monday. This occurred after the pilot discovered a broken engine blade.

Emergency landing

According to officials, the Boeing 737, flight SG83, took off from Kolkata airport at 1.09 a.m. with 178 passengers and six crew members bound for Bangkok. After a few minutes, the pilot saw that the left engine’s blade was damaged.

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As soon as he made contact with air traffic control, a full emergency was declared at the airport in Kolkata, and the CISF’s emergency personnel as well as fire trucks and ambulances were waiting, they continued.

According to airport officials, all of the passengers and crew were safely evacuated when the plane made an emergency landing at 1.27 am.

At two in the morning, they claimed, the main situation was over. At 7:10 am, the passengers boarded a different aeroplane bound for Bangkok, according to officials. According to them, the aeroplane with the damaged engine blade was being checked.

Spicejet reports profit

SpiceJet recorded a multifold increase in net profit to Rs 107 crore for the three months ending December 2022, owing to improved performance in the passenger and cargo operations.

SpiceJet, which has been suffering a number of challenges, received roughly Rs 211 crore from the government’s Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) in both the December and September quarters.

An additional amount of Rs 128.64 crore has been sanctioned under the initiative. Also, the airline is in talks with banks about obtaining an additional Rs 764 crore under the ECLGS.

Revenues for the airline increased by 4% in the most recent December quarter, from Rs 2,679 crore to Rs 2,794 crore.

In the same period last year, the airline made a net profit of Rs 23.28 crore.

SpiceXpress, the airline’s cargo division, reportedly posted a net profit of Rs 12 crore for the quarter ending in December.

The airline’s net profit for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, adjusted for foreign exchange, was Rs 221 crore, compared to Rs 20 crore for the same quarter a year earlier, it said.