Indigo AT72 at Nagpur on Apr 4th 2022, smell of smoke on board

Last Update: April 4, 2022 / 19:53:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 4, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Indigo Airlines

Flight number
6E-7074

Departure
Nagpur, India

Destination
Lucknow, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IYW

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

An Indigo Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration VT-IYW performing flight 6E-7074 from Nagpur to Lucknow (India) with 54 people on board, was climbing out of Nagpur's runway 32 when the crew stopped the climb at about 8500 feet reporting the smell of smoke on board and decided to return to Nagpur. The aircraft landed safely on Nagpur's runway 32 about 35 minutes after departure. Emergency services did not find any trace of fire, heat or smoke.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 13 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 4, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Indigo Airlines

Flight number
6E-7074

Departure
Nagpur, India

Destination
Lucknow, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IYW

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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