AirAsia India A320 near Hyderabad on Sep 1st 2018, cargo smoke indication

Last Update: September 3, 2018 / 21:33:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cargo smoke indication

Airline
AirAsia India

Flight number
I5-1629

Departure
Amritsar, India

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An AirAsia India Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IXC performing flight I5-1629 from Amritsar to Bangalore (India) with 112 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 40nm south of Hyderabad (India) when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and diverted the aircraft to Hyderabad for a safe landing on runway 27L about 20 minutes later. Emergency services did not find any trace of fire, heat or smoke.

The airline reported the smoke indication was identified to have been false, after thorough inspection the aircraft was able to continue the flight.

The aircraft departed Hyderabad after about 2.5 hours and reached Bangalore with a delay of 2:40 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Cargo smoke indication

Airline
AirAsia India

Flight number
I5-1629

Departure
Amritsar, India

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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