A SpiceJet plane hit an Akasa Air flight parked at the Delhi airport on Thursday, April 16. Both airlines released a statement confirming the incident. However, none of them named the other in their official remarks.

A spokesperson said in a statement that Akasa Air flight QP 1406, operating from Delhi to Hyderabad, had to return to the bay on April 16, 2026.

“Preliminary information indicates that Akasa’s aircraft was stationary when another airline’s aircraft made contact with it,” The statement said, without naming SpiceJet aircraft.

The airline informed that all passengers and crew were safely disembarked, and “our ground teams are making alternative arrangements to fly our passengers to Hyderabad at the earliest.”

The SpiceJet airline said in a statement that on April 16, a SpiceJet B737-700 aircraft was involved in a “ground occurrence while taxiing at Delhi airport.”