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| Date: | Wednesday 21 May 2025 |
| Time: | 12:27 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A321-251NX |
| Owner/operator: | IndiGo Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-IMD |
| MSN: | 10718 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2022 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM LEAP-1A32 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 227 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Pathankot -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
| Srinagar-Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport (SXR/VISR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
IndiGo Airlines flight 6E2142, an Airbus A321-251NX, sustained damage to the nose radome after encountering a hailstorm while en route to Srinagar Airport (SXR) at FL360.
DGCA India reported that, as per the flight crew statement, they requested Northern control (IAF) for deviation towards the left (International Boarder) due to weather on the route, however it was not approved. Later the crew contacted Lahore to enter into their airspace to avoid the weather but the same was refused too. The crew initially attempted to return back but as they were close to the thunder storm cloud, they decided to penetrate the weather. Subsequently, they encountered hailstorm and severe turbulence. The crew chose to continue at same heading to exit the weather by the shortest route towards Srinagar.
While in thunder storm cloud, warnings of Angle of Attack fault, Alternate Law protection lost, backup Speed scale unreliable were triggered. Due to updraft and down draft encountered by the aircraft the Autopilot tripped and aircraft speed had wide variations. As a result, Maximum Operating Speed/Maximum operating Mach (VMO/MMO) warnings and repeated stall warnings were triggered. During this period the aircraft rate of descent reached 8500 fpm The crew flew the aircraft manually till they exited the hailstorm. After carrying out all check list actions (ECAM actions), the crew declared PAN PAN to Srinagar ATC and requested for radar vectors and made a safe landing with Auto Thrust operating normally.
Sources:
https://www.greaterkashmir.com/kashmir/flight-with-227-passengers-onboard-makes-emergency-landing-at-srinagar-airport/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vt-imd#3a6ec371
Location
Media:
Now official per @DGCAIndia:
— Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) May 23, 2025
- Pakistan did not approve @IndiGo6E Srinagar flight to enter Lahore airspace
- It went into hailstorm as it had no option
- People said it was death-like
Excellent work by Captain Pankul Nag, FO Shobhit Singh Kohli and crew ???
✈️ pic.twitter.com/Nyxcio2e9j
Flight with 227 passengers onboard makes emergency landing due to Bird Hit incident
— Roshan Kashmir (@KashmirRoshan) May 21, 2025
Srinagar, May 21 : A flight with 227 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at Srinagar Airport on Wednesday.
Officials at the Srinagar Airport told that flight from a particular… pic.twitter.com/pztlDoogfz
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2025 14:53 | ASN | Added |
| 21-May-2025 15:00 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2025 06:30 | ASN | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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