Following a bird strike, a Spicejet flight from Patna to Delhi, carrying over 150 passengers, caught fire shortly after takeoff. However, the pilot in command Monicaa Khanna maintained her calm and ensured that the flight landed safely. She took witty decisions quickly and with her first officer Balpreet Singh Bhatia conducted themselves well in the emergency situation.
Monicaa Khanna has received a lot of praise for the way she made the right judgments in a difficult situation.
Who Is Monicaa Khanna?
Long flights become worth wen you fly such decent people#legendaryactor#dadsfav#loveforaviation 💓✈ @VinodKhannapic.twitter.com/lyfE5HTUU2
— Monicaa Khanna (@monicaakhanna) August 6, 2016
Captain Monicaa Khanna is the first officer at Spicejet Limited. She began her career with SpiceJet in 2018.
Captain Khanna was flying the Spicejet Boeing 737 that had to make an emergency landing at Patna airport when its engine caught fire on June 19, 2022.
How Monicaa Khanna Safely Landed The Flight?
Captain Monica Khanna very skillfully managed an overweight landing at Patna's crowded airport.
After one of the engines caught fire, Captain Khanna communicated with the Air traffic control and shut off the affected engine. Then made one round as per the protocols.
After that, the plane was rushed back to the airport with only one engine working.
Captain Monicaa Khanna Applauded For Her Sensible Thinking
“Captain Monicaa Khanna has done a great job. Patna is a nightmare airport even in best of times and carrying an overweight landing at this crucial airport in such difficult circumstances is applaud worthy. For decades, we have been hearing that Patna will get another airport but has remained just talk," a senior commander of an Indian airline told TOI.
Journalist Prashant Kumar Tweeted, "The hero of the day is Captain Monika Khanna! With her excellent skills she saved over 150 lives today when the plane she was flying caught fire post take off. Kudos to her courage. Cheers."
The hero of the day is Captain Monika Khanna! With her excellent skills she saved over 150 lives today when the plane she was flying caught fire post take off.
— Prashant Kumar (@scribe_prashant) June 19, 2022
Kudos to her courage. Cheers. 🎉 pic.twitter.com/wzeSyb8lxC
Captain Monicaa Khanna received a lot of praises on Twitter. Take a look:
Today's SpiceJet episode shows how important pilots are despite the tech dev.
— SMES (@SMES_RKS) June 19, 2022
And how seriously their training should be taken (context being the recent events at flying schools and DGCA action).
Great job, Capt Monica Khanna & FO Balpreet Bhatia!#spicejet#pilots
Let's take a moment to appreciate Captain #MonicaKhanna, the pilot in command of the #SpiceJet Limited flight #SG723 that experienced an Engine Fire right after take-off today. She carried out an overweight landing at a highly constrained Patna airfield very skillfully.
— Prof. Bholanath Dutta, IAF Veteran (@BholanathDutta) June 20, 2022
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Thank you Captain Monica Khanna, she was the pilot in command of the SpiceJet flight SG723 that caught a fire in the engine after take-off yesterday. She landed the plane at a highly constrained Patna airfield very skillfully & saved lives of 200 passengers. #NariShaktipic.twitter.com/eJmLWFUoXw
— Dr Gaurav Garg (@DrGauravGarg4) June 20, 2022
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