Air India A320 near Bhopal on May 10th 2016, cargo smoke indication
Last Update: May 10, 2016 / 20:32:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 10, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cargo smoke indication
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-35
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Kochi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-EXB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration VT-PPB departed Bhopal about 8.5 hours after landing and reached Kochi with a delay of 9.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to continue service after about 10 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 10, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Cargo smoke indication
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-35
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Kochi, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-EXB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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