New Delhi

A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after passengers detected smoke inside the plane.

According to SpiceJet Spokesperson, smoke was detected inside the plane when the aircraft was passing at 5000 ft.

The SG-2862 flight which took off from Delhi at 6:15 am for Jabalpur, landed back safely at 7:00 am at the Delhi airport. All the passengers were deboarded.

Passengers panicked as soon as they saw the smoke and claimed to have breathing difficulty.

One of the passengers told a news agency, "Soon after the flight took off, there was a panic situation in the plane as passengers were having trouble breathing inside."

This is not the first time a Spicejet aircraft has had to make an emergency landing due to a technical glitch.

Earlier on June 19, a Delhi-bound Spice Jet aircraft made an emergency landing at Patna airport after there were reports of a technical glitch which prompted fire inside the plane. All the passengers were safely rescued.

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On May 4, a Chennai to Durgapur Spicejet flight had to return back after take-off due to a technical issue.