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| Date: | Thursday 3 January 2019 |
| Time: | 20:36 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-271N |
| Owner/operator: | IndiGo Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-ITW |
| MSN: | 7618 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW1127G-JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 174 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | NE of Chennai Airport -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chennai Airport (MAA/VOMM) |
| Kolkata-Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU/VECC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While climbing out of FL210, there was sudden loud bang sound heard by the crew and an engine stall. Engine overheat and sparks were noticed on the no.2 (right) PW1127G engine followed by smoke in the cabin. Flight 6E923 returned and landed back at Chennai. There are internal damages were confined to engine no. 2.
The aircraft re-entered service on January 14.
Probable Cause of the Incident
The incident was caused by failure of LPT 3rd stage blades in flight as the blade material lacked crack growth resistance and damage tolerance to withstand any impact from material that may have liberated upstream
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/pompage-moteur-en-croisiere-fumee-en-cabine-demi-tour/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 2018 | VT-ITW | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | Chennai ACC | |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
| 16 January 2020 | VT-ITW | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | near Pune | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2019 17:46 | harro | Added |
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