A SpiceJet flight that took off from Delhi on Thursday morning returned halfway to the nationwide capital as a consequence of an autopilot snag, reported PTI, citing a Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation official.

The Boeing 737 heading to Nashik made a protected touchdown following the malfunction, stated SpiceJet.

In current months, SpiceJet plane have suffered a number of technical snags. On July 5, the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation had issued a present trigger discover to the airline following eight situations of technical malfunction in a span of 18 days. The discover sought the corporate’s clarification on the “degradation of its security margins”.

Nevertheless, the regulator had discovered no main security violations in SpiceJet plane throughout spot checks, the Centre had instructed Parliament on July 25.

Two days later, the aviation regulator ordered the airline to function 50% of its flights for eight weeks.

Any improve in variety of departures past 50% would require the airline to point out it has enough technical help and monetary assets to securely improve its capability, the order added.