7th crisis in 2 months for SpiceJet: Two planes in mid-air scare on Tuesday

Delhi-Dubai flight diverted to Karachi over faulty indicator light; another plane from Kandla makes priority landing in Mumbai as windshield cracks

SpiceJet’s torrid time continues. The cash-starved airline was caught in two separate incidents on Tuesday — seven incidents involving SpiceJet have been reported in the past two months.

A SpiceJet plane, which took off from Delhi and was heading to Dubai, had to make an emergency landing in Karachi, Pakistan, after it developed a technical fault. The airline said that the aircraft was diverted to Karachi due to an indicator malfunctioning.

The company said that all the passengers were safe.

The aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated a probe into the matter.

In another incident involving SpiceJet, a Q400 turboprop