Delhi-Dubai flight diverted due to fuel indicator malfunction: SpiceJet

Passengers have been served refreshments, a replacement aircraft is being sent to Karachi that will take the passengers to Dubai, says SpiceJet

SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai flight was on Tuesday diverted to Karachi as the fuel indicator started malfunctioning, officials of the aviation regulator DGCA said.

This is at least the sixth incident of technical malfunction happening on SpiceJet aircraft in the last 17 days. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating the Tuesday's incident, along with the previous five incidents, the officials noted.

The Boeing 737 Max aircraft -- which was heading from Delhi to Dubai -- started showing unusual fuel quantity reduction from its left tank when it was mid-air, they said.

Therefore, the plane was diverted to Karachi, they noted.

When an inspection