Fuselage door warnings light up on 2 SpiceJet planes; DGCA begins probe

Fuselage door warnings lit up on two separate SpiceJet planes while taking off, forcing the aircraft to return. The DGCA has initiated a probe into the incidents.

Fuselage door warnings lit up on two separate SpiceJet planes while taking off on Friday and Saturday, forcing the aircraft to abandon their journeys and return, said officials of Indian aviation regulator DGCA, which ordered a probe into the incidents.

There have been a total of four incidents -- including the aforementioned two -- on SpiceJet flights during the last one week. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating all the four incidents, officials stated.

Fuselage is the central body of the aircraft where passengers and crew members sit.

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On June 19, an engine on SpiceJet's Delhi-bound aircraft carrying 185 passengers caught fire soon after taking off from the Patna airport and the plane made an emergency landing minutes later. The engine malfunctioned because of a bird hit.

In another incident on June 19, a SpiceJet flight for Jabalpur had to return to Delhi due to cabin pressurisation issues.

Officials said on Friday (June 24), the fuselage warning light on a SpiceJet Q400 plane illuminated when it was on 'rotation' -- when pilots pitched the nose of the aircraft up to climb in the air during take off.