SG515 - Incident: Spicejet B738 near Kolkata on Sep 20th 2023
Created Thursday, Sep 21st 2023 16:22Z, last updated Thursday, Sep 21st 2023 16:22Z
A Spicejet Boeing 737-800, registration VT-SGV performing flight SG-515 from Kolkata to Mumbai (India) with 176 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL360 about 210nm west of Kolkata when cabin crew discovered one of the cabin windows had developed a crack. The flight crew decided to return to Kolkata for a safe landing on runway 01R about one hour after turning around.
A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX registration VT-MXA reached Mumbai with a delay of about 8.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 10 hours on the ground.
Source: The Aviation Herald