SpiceJet flight with broken engine blade makes emergency landing in Kolkata
Hindustan TimesA SpiceJet flight on the way to Bangkok made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport in the early hours of Monday after the pilot noticed that an engine blade was broken, officials said. The plane made an emergency landing at 1.27 am and all the passengers and crew members were brought out safely, The Boeing 737, operating as flight SG83, took off with 178 passengers and six crew members from the Kolkata airport for Bangkok around 1.09 am. Soon, he contacted the air traffic control and a full emergency was declared at the Kolkata airport with fire engines, ambulances, and emergency teams of the CISF in waiting, they added. The plane made an emergency landing at 1.27 am and all the passengers and crew members were brought out safely, airport officials said.