A Dubai-bound SpiceJet flight from Madurai was forced to make an emergency landing in Chennai on Monday due to a suspected mid-air technical snag, sources said.

Flight SG23 was carrying 160 passengers and seven crew members on board.

The airline was yet to comment on the incident, which came just four days after a Patna-bound SpiceJet flight was forced to return to Delhi shortly after taking off after the crew suspected a technical glitch.

In a similar incident in August, a SpiceJet flight made an emergency landing in Srinagar following a mid-air technical issue.

The flight had taken off from Delhi with 205 passengers and seven crew members on board.

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