Airline Snags

A Dubai-bound flight was diverted to Muscat after a burning smell was sensed in cabin mid-air

GoAir cancelled almost 40 flights on November 23 and 24, during which it also reported turn back of two if its aircraft to the departing airport due to snags

There have been over 57,000 technical snags reported by airlines in India between 2014 and February this year, the government said today. The number of snags have also grown by over 20 per cent in 2016 compared to the previous year with these glitches going up from 17,483 to 21,500, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. These technical snags include fires during flight, engine shutdown, defects related to landing gear and cracks on aircraft structure, among others. Recently, there have been at least six incidents of snags reported from Pratt & Whitney engines that power Airbus 320 Neo planes operated by IndiGo and GoAir prompting the government to conduct a "detailed review".