Smoke emits from plane engine

Kolkata: A SpiceJet flight to Chennai returned to the parking bay from the tarmac after the captains detected smoke emitting from the engine on Wednesday evening.
SpiceJet flight SJ 324 taxied off for takeoff around 4.50 pm on Wednesday with 131 passengers on board. The pilot was about to open the throttle after aligning along the central line of the runway when he detected smoke emitting from the engines. Sources said the instrument panel showed that the engines were overheated.
After engineers inspected the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, it was decided that the technical snag needed time for repair. Passengers were asked to disembark and were escorted to the security hold area.
The particular aircraft had flown into Kolkata from Chennai in the morning and then did the Kolkata-Bagdogra-Kolkata sector in the afternoon before being pressed into service for the return flight to Chennai. Later in the evening, the aircraft used to operate the Mumbai-Kolkata flight was used to do the Kolkata-Chennai sector and bail out the stranded passengers.
23/09/10 Times of India

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Categories: airports Sep 2010, Safety Sep 2010, SpiceJet Sep 2010