Volaris A320 near Cancun on Mar 9th 2020, engine fire indication

Last Update: March 10, 2020 / 16:30:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 9, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire indication

Airline
Volaris

Flight number
Y4-824

Departure
Mexico City, Mexico

Destination
Chetumal, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N524VL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Volaris Airbus A320-200, registration N524VL performing flight Y4-824 from Mexico City to Chetumal (Mexico) with 170 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 130nm west of Chetumal and about 260nm southwest of Cancun (Mexico) when the crew changed course to divert to Cancun due to problems with the left hand engine (V2527). The aircraft descended to FL350 for the diversion. About 130nm southwest of Cancun the aircraft began the descent into Cancun. At some stage the crew received a fire indication for the left hand engine and shut the engine down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Cancun's runway 12R about 50 minutes after changing course to Cancun, emergency services responded and followed the aircraft while it taxied to the apron. At the gate the left engine was seen emitting smoke through its inlet. The passengers disembarked normally.

A replacement A320-200 registration XA-VLK reached Chetumal with a delay of about 3 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 9, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine fire indication

Airline
Volaris

Flight number
Y4-824

Departure
Mexico City, Mexico

Destination
Chetumal, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
N524VL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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