India A319 at Mumbai on Mar 28th 2016, tower reports smoke from landing gear
Last Update: March 28, 2016 / 21:03:00 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-620
Departure
Hyderabad, India
Destination
Mumbai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-SCQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Mumbai's runway 09/27 was closed for about 30 minutes as result of the occurrence.
The airline reported that a post incident inspection found nothing wrong with the aircraft, no evidence of any smoke from the landing gear. It is being suspected, that due to ongoing work in progress on Mumbai's runways and taxiways dust from those works may have created the impression of smoke from the landing gear. The aircraft was returned to service.
The occurrence aircraft however is still on the ground in Mumbai 19 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 28, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-620
Departure
Hyderabad, India
Destination
Mumbai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-SCQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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