Indigo A320 at Lucknow on May 18th 2018, rejected takeoff due to engine fault

Last Update: May 18, 2018 / 22:11:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-685

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IEI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IEI performing flight 6E-685 from Lucknow to Mumbai (India), was accelerating for takeoff when the crew rejected takeoff due to an engine (V2527) fault. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron.

A replacement A320-200 registration VT-IHM reached Mumbai with a delay of 3:15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft positioned to Delhi about 9 hours after rejecting takeoff and is now on the ground in Delhi for about 13 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-685

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IEI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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