Spicejet B38M near Varanasi on Jan 6th 2019, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: January 6, 2019 / 17:19:17 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Jan 6, 2019                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Spicejet                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            SG-32                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Hong Kong, China                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Delhi, India                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            VT-MAX                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Boeing                            737-800MAX                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            B38M                            
                        
                    
                    
                
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VT-SLI positioned to Varanasi, resumed the flight and reached Delhi with a delay of about 8.5 hours.
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Jan 6, 2019                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Spicejet                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            SG-32                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Hong Kong, China                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Delhi, India                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            VT-MAX                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Boeing                            737-800MAX                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            B38M                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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