Indigo A21N at Delhi on Sep 9th 2024, tailstrike on departure, flight continued to destination
Last Update: October 5, 2024 / 23:10:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2024
Classification
Accident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-6054
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Bangalore, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IBI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
The aircraft is still on the ground in Bangalore standing Sep 18th 2024.
The airline reported the aircraft is grounded due to a tail strike.
India's DGCA is investigating the occurrence, the black boxes have already been sent for further analysis.
On Oct 6th 2024 India's DGCA reported: "Flight VIDP (New Delhi) – VOBL (Bengaluru). Post arrival, the walk around inspection was carried out and the lower part of a fuselage revealed the damages observed between frame no.60 to frame no.70 and from stringers 40LH to 40RH."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2024
Classification
Accident
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-6054
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Bangalore, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IBI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
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