Fan blade, engine of Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight damaged after bird hit

Jun 19, 2022

Gurugram (Haryana), June 19 (ANI): SpiceJet Chief of Flight Operations Gurcharan Arora on June 19 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 Bihar Airforce Station in Patna. “Only a single-engine was functioning when the plane landed back. Engineers inspected the aircraft, it was confirmed that the fan blade and engine were damaged as a bird hit it. DGCA will probe further,” said the Chief of Flight Operations.