Indigo A20N at Mumbai on Mar 1st 2018, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: March 2, 2018 / 20:28:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-395

Departure
Mumbai, India

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ITJ performing flight 6E-395 from Mumbai to Kolkata (India) with 166 passengers, was in the initial climb out of Mumbai's runway 27 when the crew received indication of high vibration of the left hand engine (PW1127G ) followed by engine stall as well as a metallic chip detector indication. The crew stopped the climb at about 7500 feet MSL, shut the engine down and returned to Mumbai for a safe landing on runway 27 about 20 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration VT-IFV reached Kolkata with a delay of 3 hours.

It is unclear whether the affected engine is affected by the current EAD issued by EASA, see News: EASA issues EAD regarding A320 Neo and A321 Neo engines, withdraws ETOPS with immediate effect.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-395

Departure
Mumbai, India

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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