Air India A320 near Bhopal on May 13th 2013, WILMA!!!
Last Update: May 15, 2013 / 18:19:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 13, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-403
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Bangalore, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-EDF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Maintenance finally managed to open and repair the door, that had been jammed shut. After successful intervention the aircraft continued the journey to Bangalore, with the captain back in his seat, and reached Bangalore with a delay of 3 hours.
Air India confirmed the incident reporting that all efforts from inside and outside the cockpit were in vain, the door remained jammed shut, the first officer diverted the aircraft to Bhopal in accordance with operating procedures. A team of maintenance engineers rectified the fault, so that the aircraft was able to continue the flight and reached Bangalore at 22:30L about 3 hours past schedule.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 13, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-403
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Bangalore, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-EDF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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