ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 344949
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 August 2023 |
| Time: | 21:19 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A321-271NX |
| Owner/operator: | IndiGo Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-IUD |
| MSN: | 8710 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW1133G-JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) -
 Saudi Arabia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) |
| Kozhikode-Calicut Airport (CCJ/VOCL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB Saudi Arabia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
IndiGo Airlines flight 6E66, an Airbus A321-271NX, returned to land at Jeddah International Airport (JED), Saudi Arabia. The flight landed back at JED, 17 minutes after takeoff.
Shortly after takeoff, the flight crew observed a sharp drop of OIL QTY followed by an ECAM "ENG1 LOW OIL PRESSURE" message. The crew shutdown engine 1.
Prior to engine shutdown a whitish smoke flowed into the cockpit forcing the flight crew to don oxygen masks. After selecting PACK 1 to “OFF”, the smoke dissipated.
ATC vectored the flight back to a safe overweight landing.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a321-registered-vt-iud-operated-by-indigo-on-22-08-2023-at-jeddah/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vt-iud#31b51aa0
Media:
@IndiGo6E Indigo flight is going from Jeddah to India and there was a lot of smoke coming out of the flight above my head please land it quickly otherwise many lives are at risk #indigo
— Zaid Al masoodi (@Zaidsiddiqui75) August 22, 2023
Flight number 6E66 A21N
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