Indigo A20N at Kolkata on Jan 29th 2018, engine issue

Last Update: February 13, 2018 / 18:21:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Indigo Airlines

Flight number
6E-6616

Departure
Kolkata, India

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ITO performing flight 6E-6616 from Kolkata to Delhi (India) with 174 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Kolkata when tower advised the crew of smoke coming from the left hand engine (PW1127). The crew stopped the climb at 2000 feet and returned to Kolkata for a safe landing about 15 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration VT-INS reached Delhi with a delay of 3.5 hours.

The airport reported air traffic control saw smoke from the left hand engine as the aircraft climbed out and alerted the crew.

The airline reported the crew observed engine vibrations for the #2 engine (right hand) and returned to Kolkata.

On Feb 13th 2018 The Aviation Herald learned that this occurrence was one of the occurrences leading to the EASA Emergency Airwortiness Directive, see News: EASA issues EAD regarding A320 Neo and A321 Neo engines, withdraws ETOPS with immediate effect. According to information received the aircraft experienced high vibrations from the right hand engine immediately after rotation for takeoff, the crew received a "ENG 2 STALL" ECAM indication, shut the engine down and returned. A post flight inspection revealed no debris in engine inlet or engine exhaust, all low pressure turbine stage 3 blades were intact with no impact damage.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 29, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Indigo Airlines

Flight number
6E-6616

Departure
Kolkata, India

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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