Asia India A320 near Hyderabad on May 26th 2020, engine shut down in flight due to fuel leak

Last Update: May 26, 2020 / 15:32:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 26, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
AirAsia India

Flight number
I5-1543

Departure
Jaipur, India

Destination
Hyderabad, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air Asia India Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IXC performing flight I5-1543 from Jaipur to Hyderabad (India) with 70 passengers and 6 crew, was descending towards Hyderabad when the crew reported a fuel leak and shut one of the engines (CFM56) down. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 09R

The airline reported a techncial snag and confiemed one of the engines was shut down as a precaution.

A replacement A320-200 registration VT-AMD continued the next sector to Bangalore and reached Bangalore with a delay of 2:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 26, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
AirAsia India

Flight number
I5-1543

Departure
Jaipur, India

Destination
Hyderabad, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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