Indigo A20N at Amritsar on Feb 5th 2023, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: April 20, 2023 / 22:08:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 5, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
6E-5926

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ISE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ISE performing flight 6E-5926 from Amritsar to Kolkata (India) with 122 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Amritsar's runway 34 when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet due to the failure of the left hand engine (PW1127G). The crew shut the engine down and returned to Amritsar for a safe landing on runway 34 about 15 minutes after departure.

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

Flight number
6E-5926

Destination
Kolkata, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ISE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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