Indigo A20N at Pune on Apr 2nd 2019, engine problem

Last Update: April 19, 2019 / 17:00:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-134

Departure
Pune, India

Destination
Nagpur, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ITG performing flight 6E-134 from Pune to Nagpur (India), was climbing through FL180 when the crew received abnormal indications for one of the engines and decided to return to Pune. The aircraft landed safely back in Pune about 22 minutes after departure.

Indigo reported a technical team is inspecting the aircraft following an engine caution message.

On Apr 19th 2019 India's AIB reported the left hand engine emitted a loud bang and subsequently produced engine stall and EGT over limit indications. The aircraft returned to Pune. A post flight inspection revealed damage to the stage 3 blades of the low pressure turbine.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-134

Departure
Pune, India

Destination
Nagpur, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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