Indigo A20N near Karachi on Jul 17th 2022, engine trouble

Last Update: July 17, 2022 / 20:12:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-1406

Destination
Hyderabad, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IJK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-IJK performing flight 6E-1406 (dep Jul 16th) from Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) to Hyderabad (India) with 187 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 over the Arabian Sea about 230nm southwest of Karachi (Pakistan) when the crew decided to divert to Karachi due to abnormal indications for the right hand engine (PW1127G). The aircraft landed safely on Karachi's runway 07R aboút 30 minutes later.

A replacement Airbus A320-200N registration VT-IZO positioned to Karachi, however, did not resume the flight and returned to Ahmedabad as 6E-9002.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Karachi for about 14 hours, then continued the flight and reached Hyderabad with a delay of about 15.5 hours.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Karachi as a precaution due to a technical defect.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-1406

Destination
Hyderabad, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-IJK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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