Air India A320 near Delhi on Oct 1st 2015, engine problem
Last Update: October 2, 2015 / 20:29:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 1, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-433
Departure
Varanasi, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-EPJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 30 hours after landing.
The airline reported the engine had suffered an engine stall, usually the result of foreign object ingestion. A borescopic inspection however did not reveal foreign object ingestion, the cause of the engine stall is still under investigation.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 1, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-433
Departure
Varanasi, India
Destination
Delhi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-EPJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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