Indigo A21N at Kolkata on Jan 2nd 2023, tail strike

Last Update: January 5, 2023 / 11:42:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 2, 2023

Classification
Accident

Airline
Indigo Airlines

Flight number
6E-1859

Departure
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ILR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

An Indigo Airbus A321-200N, registration VT-ILR performing flight 6E-1859 from Dhaka (Bangladesh) to Kolkata (India) with 173 people on board, departed Dhaka's runway 14 at 16:42L (10:42Z), climbed to FL180 and landed on Kolkata's runway 01R at 16:50L (11:20Z) about 38 minutes after departure.

A post flight inspection revealed substantial tail strike damage.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Kolkata about 33 hours after landing.

On Jan 5th 2023 the airline reported that the tail strike occurred upon landing in Kolkata.

Metars Dhaka:
VGHS 021200Z 00000KT 3500 HZ NSC 23/14 Q1018 NOSIG=
VGHS 021130Z 28004KT 3500 HZ NSC 24/14 Q1018 NOSIG=
VGHS 021100Z 33004KT 3500 HZ NSC 24/15 Q1017 NOSIG=
VGHS 021030Z 35006KT 3500 HZ NSC 24/14 Q1017 NOSIG=
VGHS 021000Z 34005KT 3500 HZ NSC 24/14 Q1017 NOSIG=
VGHS 020930Z 33005KT 3500 HZ NSC 24/15 Q1017 NOSIG=
VGHS 020900Z 35005KT 3500 HZ NSC 24/15 Q1017 NOSIG=
VGHS 020830Z 34005KT 3200 HZ NSC 24/15 Q1017 BECMG S/VIS 3500M=
VGHS 020800Z 33005KT 3200 HZ NSC 24/16 Q1018 NOSIG=
VGHS 020730Z 31008KT 3200 HZ NSC 23/16 Q1018 NOSIG=
VGHS 020700Z 34006KT 3000 HZ NSC 23/17 Q1019 NOSIG=

Metars Kolkata:
VECC 021400Z 04005KT 2600 HZ FEW100 22/17 Q1018 NOSIG=
VECC 021330Z 03005KT 2600 HZ NSC 22/17 Q1018 NOSIG=
VECC 021300Z 05003KT 2600 HZ NSC 23/17 Q1018 NOSIG=
VECC 021230Z 04004KT 2600 HZ NSC 23/17 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 021200Z 04006KT 2600 HZ NSC 24/17 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 021130Z 05004KT 2600 HZ NSC 24/17 Q1016 NOSIG=
VECC 021100Z 07004KT 2600 HZ NSC 25/16 Q1016 NOSIG=
VECC 021030Z 06003KT 2800 HZ NSC 25/16 Q1016 NOSIG=
VECC 021000Z 04004KT 2800 HZ NSC 26/16 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 020930Z 04003KT 2800 HZ NSC 26/16 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 020900Z 34005KT 2800 HZ NSC 26/14 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 020830Z 33004KT 2500 HZ NSC 26/15 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 020800Z 35005KT 2500 HZ NSC 26/15 Q1017 NOSIG=
VECC 020730Z 03003KT 2500 HZ NSC 25/16 Q1017 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 2, 2023

Classification
Accident

Airline
Indigo Airlines

Flight number
6E-1859

Departure
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ILR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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