Indigo A20N near Kolkata on Feb 9th 2021, engine trouble

Last Update: February 9, 2021 / 20:46:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 9, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-291

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ISD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ISD performing flight 6E-291 from Guwahati to Bangalore (India) with about 100 people on board, was enroute at FL320 about 150nm northnorthwest of Kolkata (India) in Bangladesh's Airspace when the crew reported engine trouble, began to drift down and set course to divert to Kolkata. The aircraft landed safely on Kolkata's runway 01R about 45 minutes after leaving FL320.

A replacement A320-200N registration VT-IZN reached Bangalore with a delay of about 2 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kolkata about 12 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 9, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-291

Destination
Bangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ISD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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