Spicejet Engine catches fire

A Delhi bound spice Jet boeing 737 aircraft made an emergency landing at the partna airport after a bird hit on of its engines . The plane with 185 passengers and 6 crew members landed safely 5 minutes after take off from Patna after the pilots shut down the affected engine and alerted air traffic control. Civil aviation regulator DGCA has confirmed that a bird hit led to the failure of engine 1 on the patna delhi spicejet aircraft,which was forced to make an emergency landing at Bihta Airforce station in Patna after its left wing caught fire. During take off the cockpit crew measure as per SOP the pilot shut down the affected engine and decided to return to partna . Airline said that inmein similar incii a Delhi bound IndiGo was forced to return to Guwahati airport due to a bird hit on Sunday morning.The aircraft was at 1600 feet when its left engine suffered a bird hit. The pilot shut down the engine according to the checklist and return to Guwahati. Meanwhile a SpiceJet flight going to Jabalpur return to Delhi due to issues with its cabin pressure. The problem was detected as the aircraft was climbing to its cruise altitude.