Indigo AT72 at Chennai on Nov 4th 2018, engine failure on short final
Last Update: November 5, 2018 / 22:30:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 4, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-7124
Departure
Rajahmundry, India
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IYF
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
India's DGCA reported a loss of engine oil caused the engine failure and complained that the crew went around instead of landing directly as they should have done due to the loss of engine oil. An investigation has been opened.
The airline reported it was a technical glitch in one of the engines.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Chennai 33 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 4, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-7124
Departure
Rajahmundry, India
Destination
Chennai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IYF
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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