Vietjet A320 near Karachi on Sep 5th 2017, instrument problem
Last Update: September 5, 2017 / 20:50:04 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 5, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vietjet Air
Flight number
PK-368
Departure
Karachi, Pakistan
Destination
Islamabad, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
VN-A668
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported the aircraft was called back to Karachi due to an instrument problem, maintenance in Islamabad was not available for a Vietjet aircraft. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto flight PK-366 departing about 30 minutes after landing back.
During the flight the transponder of the aircraft transmitted a wrong ICAO24 code.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Karachi for about 7 hours, then resumed service with the correct transponder code.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 5, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vietjet Air
Flight number
PK-368
Departure
Karachi, Pakistan
Destination
Islamabad, Pakistan
Aircraft Registration
VN-A668
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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