Vueling A320 at Bilbao on Jun 29th 2024, engine fire indication

Last Update: July 1, 2024 / 18:29:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-3972

Departure
Bilbao, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-KRH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration EC-KRH performing flight VY-3972 from Bilbao,SP (Spain) to Rome Fiumicino (Italy), was climbing out of Bilbao's runway 30 when the crew stopped the climb at FL070 reporting they had received an engine (CFM56) fire indication and decided to return to Bilbao. The aircraft landed safely on Bilbao's runway 30 about 25 minutes after departure and vacated the runway without any obvious evidence of a fire.

The flight was cancelled.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Bilbao about 51 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 29, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-3972

Departure
Bilbao, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-KRH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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