India A321 at Bhubaneswar on Nov 8th 2019, fire seen from engine
Last Update: November 29, 2019 / 15:52:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 8, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-670
Departure
Bhubaneswar, India
Destination
Mumbai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-PPT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
India's DGCA reported a passenger reported the engine fire to the cabin crew, who informed the flight crew. The flight crew performed checks, shut the #1 engine down and diverted to Raipur. The aircraft was evacuated via slides, the aircraft was subsequently towed off the runway.
The airport reported the aircraft returned suspecting a tail pipe fire on the #1 engine, the crew did not receive any engine fire indication or other abnormal parameters, however, as a precaution discharged the fire extinguisher into the engine after it was shut down. There had been an engine tail pipe fire.
On Nov 13th 2019 it became known that the engine is going to be replaced, India's AIB have opened an investigation.
On Nov 29th 2019 India's AIB reported there were no injuries and minor damage to the aircraft, when the left hand engine suffered a fire in flight and was shut down. The aircraft diverted to Raipur, where an emergency evacuation was carried out. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by India's AIB.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 8, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-670
Departure
Bhubaneswar, India
Destination
Mumbai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-PPT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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