SpiceJet plane catches fire at Delhi Airport during engine maintenance

A SpiceJet aircraft caught fire at the Delhi airport on Thursday evening while undergoing engine maintenance. The maintenance personnel are safe, the airline announced in a statement, according to a news agency.
An ATR aircraft of the airline was under maintenance when the engineers discovered a fire in one of the engines. The fire brigade was called in to put out the flames.
The raging fire was caught on camera by a passenger on an aircraft on the taxiway. The video showed dense smoke billowing from a distant aeroplane.
The incident occurred on the same day that the country’s aviation authority, the DGCA, removed SpiceJet from the enhanced surveillance system that had been put in place following major safety concerns about the airline.
Announcing its decision to take SpiceJet off the surveillance regime earlier today, the DGCA said: “In view of the observations made in the past concerning inadequate maintenance and in view of the incidents during the monsoon season last year, SpiceJet was placed under enhanced surveillance by the DGCA.
Accordingly, 51 spot checks were conducted across 11 locations pan India, on the Boeing 737 and Bombardier DHC Q-400 fleets of aircraft, wherein 23 aircraft were inspected and 95 observations were made by the DGCA teams.”