India Express A320 at Vishakhapatnam on Sep 18th 2025, engine problem

Last Update: September 19, 2025 / 19:17:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2025

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-2658

Departure
Visakhapatnam, India

Destination
Hyderabad, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air India Express Airbus A320-200, registration VT-EXC performing flight IX-2658 from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad (India) with 103 people on board, was climbing out of Visakhapatnam's runway 10 when the crew stopped the climb at FL090 reporting a problem with one of their engines (CFM56) due to a suspected bird strike. The aircraft returned to Visakhapatnam for a safe landing on runway 28 about 20 minutes after departure.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Visakhapatnam about 35 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 18, 2025

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-2658

Departure
Visakhapatnam, India

Destination
Hyderabad, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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