Indigo A320 at Chennai on Nov 20th 2019, cargo smoke indication

Last Update: November 20, 2019 / 23:11:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 20, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-892

Destination
Chennai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IKI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IKI performing flight 6E-892 from Coimbatore to Chennai (India) with 168 people on board, was descending towards Chennai when the crew received a cargo smoke indication. The crew declared emergency and continued to Chennai for a safe landing.

A replacement A320-200 registration VT-IHB performed the remaining sectors of flight 6E-892 with a delay of about one hour.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 18 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 20, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-892

Destination
Chennai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IKI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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