Indigo A20N near Bhopal on Jan 17th 2021, burning odour on board

Last Update: January 19, 2021 / 20:59:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 17, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-357

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ITH performing flight 6E-357 from Surat Gujarat to Kolkata (India) with 172 people on board, was enroute at FL330 about 50nm east of Bhopal (India) when the crew decided to divert to Bhopal due to a burning odour on the flight deck. The aircraft landed safely on Bhopal's runway 30 about 18 minutes later.

A replacement A320-200 registration VT-IHK reached Kolkata with a delay of 4:45 hours.

The airline reported the crew diverted due to a temporary foul smell on the flight deck.

The source of the odour was identified to be the avionics compartment extract fan having failed.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 17, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-357

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ITH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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