Kite hits SpiceJet Turboprop aircraft while landing near Kolkata airport

SpiceJet has been going by means of a turbulent time for a while now attributable to repetitive technical snags or chook hit incidents. But this time it was not the airline’s fault. On August 7, the pilots of SpiceJet Dash 8-Q400 aircraft had been distracted moments earlier than landing on the Kolkata airport when a kite struck the windshield of the airplane. However, the pilots managed to make the landing safely and nobody was harm. 

Soon after landing, the incident was reported to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and which was then additional reported to the police. Flying kites are strictly prohibited across the airport space with particular emphasis on the route taken by the planes. The investigation has been initiated. 

This will not be the primary time that such an incident has been reported, as normally throughout Durga Puja, laser lights and high-rise pandals do distract pilots and have an effect on flight actions. Last 12 months, three pilots confronted points while taking off and landing on the runway attributable to this situation. 

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Currently, SpiceJet is working no more than 50 p.c of its flights as per the orders of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The regulator had in July imposed the curb on the airline’s flights for a interval of eight weeks as its planes had been concerned in at the least eight incidents of technical malfunction within the June 19-July 5 interval.