Indigo A20N at Kolkata on Oct 30th 2019, engine stalled
Last Update: April 1, 2020 / 14:52:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-862
Departure
Kolkata, India
Destination
Pune, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ITM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
India's DGCA was prompted by this and two further similiar incidents in the two days before to perform an inspection of the Indigo aircraft and instruct the airline to replace 16 engines. In a similiar move the DGCA instructed GoAir to replace 13 engines, too.
India's DGCA reported on Mar 31st 2020, that the occurrence wsa rated a serious incident and is being investigated. A post flight inspection revealed damaged blades of the right hand engine's low pressure turbine stage 3.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-862
Departure
Kolkata, India
Destination
Pune, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ITM
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
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