India A20N at Mumbai on May 19th 2022, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: May 20, 2022 / 18:49:10 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 19, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-639

Departure
Mumbai, India

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EXM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Air India Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-EXM performing flight AI-639 from Mumbai to Bangalore (India), was climbing out of Mumbai's runway 27 when the crew received a right hand engine (LEAP) stall indication combined with excessive EGT indications. The crew shut the engine down and returned to Mumbai for a safe landing on runway 27 about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A320-200N registration VT-EXQ reached Bangalore with a delay of 3.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Mumbai about 38 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 19, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-639

Departure
Mumbai, India

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EXM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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