Air India A320 near Delhi on Oct 1st 2015, engine problem

Last Update: October 2, 2015 / 20:29:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-433

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EPJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air India Airbus A320-200, registration VT-EPJ performing flight AI-433 from Varanasi to Delhi (India) with 133 people on board, was descending towards Delhi when the crew reported an engine (V2500) problem requesting emergency services on standby and continued for a safe landing on Delhi's runway 29.

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

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-433

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-EPJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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