Glitch delays SpiceJet's Dubai-Madurai flight

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 12

Budget carrier SpiceJet’s Dubai-Madurai flight was delayed on Monday after its Boeing B737 Max aircraft’s nose wheel malfunctioned.

Today’s incident was the ninth incident of technical malfunction in a SpiceJet aircraft in 24 days. The aircraft was operating on the Mangaluru-Dubai route. After the aircraft landed in Dubai, an engineer found the nose wheel was compressed. The engineer, therefore, decided to ground the aircraft.

“Flight delays can happen with any airline There has been no safety scare on this flight,” SpiceJet said.

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