Air India A320 at Delhi on Sep 7th 2015, hydraulic failure, smoke from landing gear and evacuation
Last Update: September 7, 2015 / 20:46:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 7, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-405
Departure
Varanasi, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ESI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline confirmed the aircraft suffered a hydraulic leak and reported all passengers evacuated safely after sparks were seen from the landing gear, however, there had been no fire.
Airport sources had claimed there had been a fire at the landing gear in the nose gear area, during evacuation 4 or 5 passengers received injuries.
News media in India reported a major gear fire.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 7, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-405
Departure
Varanasi, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ESI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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