SINGAPORE - An unspecified technical issue forced a Singapore-bound Scoot flight to return about 20 minutes after leaving China’s Xi’an on Feb 23, with some passengers saying they saw “sparks” during take-off.
Responding to queries from The Straits Times, Singapore-based budget airline Scoot said there was no engine fire on flight TR135 and that emergency services were activated at Xi’an Xianyang International Airport as a precaution.
It said the plane “landed uneventfully” at 1.56am in Xi’an, and “all customers and crew disembarked the aircraft normally”.