Kandla-bound SpiceJet flight returns to Mumbai airport due to cabin 'pressurisation alert'
Mumbai, Feb 18: A Kandla-bound SpiceJet flight from Mumbai returned to the city airport on Saturday due to a cabin ''pressurisation alert,'' the airline has said.
The aircraft has landed safely and neither passengers nor crew members have reported any discomfort, SpiceJet said in a statement.
The airline, however, did not share the number of persons onboard the Bombardier Q400 aircraft. On February 18, SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was scheduled to operate the airline's flight SG-2903 (Mumbai - Kandla), the airline said in the statement.
''After take-off, cabin pressurisation alert came. The pilot-in-command decided to return to Mumbai,'' it said.
According to SpiceJet, the Mumbai Air Traffic Control was apprised of the situation and the aircraft was landed ''safely'' at Mumbai.
The operation of the airline's flight to Tirupati from Mumbai was also affected.
It has not been cancelled, the statement said, adding that only its scheduled time of departure has been revised.
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Muslim leaders submit memorandum to JPC member Imran Masood against Waqf Bill
Jaipur (PTI): A delegation of Muslim leaders associated with the Congress met party MP Imran Masood, who is a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, in Ajmer on Sunday and submitted a memorandum against the provisions of the bill.
The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 8 and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate. The 31-member panel will submit its report by the next session of Parliament.
While the government has asserted that the proposed law did not intend to interfere with the functioning of mosques, the opposition called it targeting of Muslims and an attack on the Constitution.
The delegation of Muslim leaders met Masood, who was on a visit to Ajmer, and said the members of the community are opposed to the amendments because Waqf is a religious matter of the Muslims.
"We will not allow the government to interfere in our religious matters. The Constitution allows us to function according to our religion. The truth is that the government's intentions are not right," stated the memorandum addressed to the JPC's head Jagdambika Pal.
"Waqf is a completely religious matter and interference in it will not be right," it said.
The delegation included Ghulam Mustafa Chishti, Muzaffar Bharti, Rab Nawaz Jafri, Manzoor Ali, Ashraf Buland Khan, Ajmat Khan and Wahid Mohammad.
