Spicejet B737 at Delhi on Sep 1st 2022, autopilot failure

Last Update: September 2, 2022 / 14:45:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spicejet

Flight number
SG-8363

Departure
Delhi, India

Destination
Ozar, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-SLP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Spicejet Boeing 737-700, registration VT-SLP performing flight SG-8363 from Delhi to Ozar (India), was climbing out of Delhi's runway 29 when the crew stopped the climb at FL070 reporting their autopilots failed. The aircraft returned to Delhi for a safe landing on runway 29 about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement de Havilland Dash 8-400 registration VT-SUD reached Ozar with a delay of about 4 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 4:40 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spicejet

Flight number
SG-8363

Departure
Delhi, India

Destination
Ozar, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-SLP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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