SpiceJet shares continue to fall, hit 52-week low level
Premium- SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai flight suffered a mid-air malfunction in its fuel indicator on Tuesday
Shares of SpiceJet continued to fall on Wednesday, declining 7% to hit its one-year low level of ₹35 apiece on the BSE, amid multiple instances of its planes suffering technical glitches in recent weeks. The stock had fallen over 2% on Tuesday, a day when its Dubai-bound plane was diverted to Karachi due to malfunctioning of the fuel indicator.
SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai flight suffered a mid-air malfunction in its fuel indicator on Tuesday and was diverted to Karachi and cracks developed on the windshield of another plane of the budget carrier at a height of 23,000 feet forcing a priority landing in Mumbai in a double whammy for the airline.
The two episodes on a single day have taken the total number of technical malfunction incidents involving SpiceJet aircraft to seven in the last over a fortnight.
According to officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the aviation regulator is investigating all the seven incidents. SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight was diverted to Karachi as the fuel indicator started malfunctioning. The Boeing 737 Max aircraft made an emergency landing at Karachi airport at around 9:15 am after the Pakistani Civil Aviation Authorities permitted the Indian plane to land at the Jinnah International Airport on humanitarian grounds.
Hours after SpiceJet's Delhi-Dubai flight suffered a mid-air malfunction, cracks developed on the windshield of another plane of the budget carrier at a height of 23,000 feet forcing a priority landing in Mumbai in a double whammy for the airline.
In March last year, an Indigo Indian Airlines flight also had to make an emergency landing at the Karachi airport.
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SpiceJet shares have declined more than 45% in 2022 (YTD) so far.