An Indian passenger aircraft flying from New Delhi to Dubai made an emergency landing in Pakistan's port city Karachi on Tuesday due to technical trouble.
Budget airline SpiceJet said its Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration VT-MXG operating flight SG-11 from Delhi (India) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), was enroute at FL360 about 100nm north of Karachi (Pakistan) when the crew suspected a leak from one of the wing fuel tanks and decided to divert to Karachi for a safe landing on runway 25R about 20 minutes later.
"The aircraft landed safely in Karachi and passengers were safely disembarked," the airline said in a statement.
"Passengers have been served refreshments. A replacement aircraft is being sent to Karachi that will take the passengers to Dubai," it added.
On Saturday, a SpiceJet plane flying a domestic route made an emergency landing in Delhi after smoke was detected in the cabin. read more