On August 17, around 4 am, Spicejet’s Dubai-bound flight SG13 was forced to return to Mumbai before entering Muscat Airspace. According to airline officials, the flight departed at 1.35 am on Monday, 40 minutes later than its Expected Time of Departure and returned to Mumbai at the time it should have landed in Dubai.

The Boeing 737-800 (twin-jet) was carrying 179 passengers on board along with six crew members. It returned to Mumbai at around 4 am. The flight had to return midway as instead of having dual Flight Management Computers (FMCs) the aircraft allegedly only had a single FMC.