<p class="title">Two of SpiceJet's Boeing passenger planes- one from Mumbai and other from Bengaluru- suffered mid-air technical glitches, forcing their pilots to terminate journeys with one flight landing back in Mumbai and second diverted to Nagpur on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SpiceJet flight SG-611, which departed from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for Chennai around 7.30 am, returned to the city airport due to a mid-air technical glitch after being airborne for about 16 minutes, a source said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A SpiceJet spokesperson confirmed the return of its Chennai flight to Mumbai due to a "technical" issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The aircraft has already departed back for its destination around 10 am after the engineers rectified the glitch," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a similar incident, the airline's New Delhi-bound flight SG 8720 from Bengaluru was diverted to Nagpur after the pilot reported some issue to the ATC and sought a diversion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"SpiceJet flight SG 8720 operating on Bangalore-Delhi route was diverted to Nagpur due to a technical issue. Passengers were served refreshments at Nagpur. An alternative aircraft was sent to Nagpur and the passengers have now boarded the flight to Delhi," the airline said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The spokesperson, however, did not share the number of passengers on board the two Boeing 737 planes.</p>
<p class="title">Two of SpiceJet's Boeing passenger planes- one from Mumbai and other from Bengaluru- suffered mid-air technical glitches, forcing their pilots to terminate journeys with one flight landing back in Mumbai and second diverted to Nagpur on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SpiceJet flight SG-611, which departed from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for Chennai around 7.30 am, returned to the city airport due to a mid-air technical glitch after being airborne for about 16 minutes, a source said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A SpiceJet spokesperson confirmed the return of its Chennai flight to Mumbai due to a "technical" issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The aircraft has already departed back for its destination around 10 am after the engineers rectified the glitch," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a similar incident, the airline's New Delhi-bound flight SG 8720 from Bengaluru was diverted to Nagpur after the pilot reported some issue to the ATC and sought a diversion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"SpiceJet flight SG 8720 operating on Bangalore-Delhi route was diverted to Nagpur due to a technical issue. Passengers were served refreshments at Nagpur. An alternative aircraft was sent to Nagpur and the passengers have now boarded the flight to Delhi," the airline said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The spokesperson, however, did not share the number of passengers on board the two Boeing 737 planes.</p>