Indigo A20N at Vishakhapatnam on Aug 30th 2017, rejected takeoff due to bird strike

Last Update: August 30, 2017 / 22:24:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 30, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-287

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ITF performing flight 6E-287 from Vishakhapatnam to Bangalore (India) with 178 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff from Vishakhapatnam's runway 28 when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed about 1/3 down the runway after the left hand engine (PW1127) ingested birds. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A replacement A320-200 registration VT-INR reached Bangalore with a delay of 7:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 20 hours after the rejected takeoff.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 30, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-287

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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