Indigo A20N at Amritsar on Feb 5th 2023, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: April 20, 2023 / 22:08:22 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 5, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-5926
Departure
Amritsar, India
Destination
Kolkata, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ISE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
A replacement A320-200N registration VT-IVI reached Kolkata with a delay of about 2.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Amritsar for 4 days before positioning to Delhi (India) and resuming service.
On Apr 20th 2023 India's AAIB reported the aircraft was climbing through 3000 feet when a loud bang occurred and an engine #1 failure indication occurred on the ECAM. The engine was shut down and the aircraft returned to Amritsar. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by India's AAIB.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 5, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-5926
Departure
Amritsar, India
Destination
Kolkata, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ISE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
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