India A319 near Udaipur on Oct 2nd 2018, cargo smoke indication
Last Update: October 3, 2018 / 21:58:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Oct 2, 2018                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Cause
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Cargo smoke indication                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Air India                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            AI-496                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Raikot, India                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Delhi, India                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            VT-SCU                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A319                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A319                            
                        
                    
                    
                
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours, then continued the flight and reached Delhi with a delay of about 3:15 hours.
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Oct 2, 2018                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Cause
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Cargo smoke indication                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Air India                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            AI-496                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Raikot, India                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Delhi, India                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            VT-SCU                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A319                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A319                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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