SpiceJet flight makes emergency landing, no casualties

Mumbai, Sep 3 (PTI) A SpiceJet plane with 137 passengers
and crew from Bangalore landed under emergency conditions at
the airport here on Saturday afternoon following a technical
problem.
"The ATC declared full emergency at the Mumbai Airport
for the SpiceJet flight SG 344 from Bangalore at 1215 hrs. The
flight made a safe landing at 1221 hrs. All the 137 passengers
were deplaned safely," an airport spokesperson told PTI.
The airline could not be immediately reached for
comments.
On Friday, Turkish Airlines flight TK970 from Istanbul
to Mumbai veered off the rapid exit taxiway after landing and
is still stuck in mud close to the main runway, hitting flight
operations.
On Monday, a Gulf Air plane with 137 on board, had
skidded off the runway and got stuck in the mud at Kochi
airport in bad weather, injuring seven passengers.
Besides, there have been two emergency landings of Air
India flights this week.
On Wednesday, an Air India plane from Jeddah with 286
passengers and crew, landed under emergency conditions at the
airport here following suspected hydraulic failure.
The previous day, an Air India plane with 123 on board
had to make a landing under similar conditions at
Thiruvananthapuram after a defect was detected in its
hydraulic system.