IndiGo plane suffers mid-air engine failure, govt to review incident

Mumbai, Jan 5 : An IndiGo Airbus A320neo plane suffered a mid-air engine failure with a “loud bang” on Thursday and the civil aviation ministry has taken serious note of the incident, sources said.

        The latest incident involving another Pratt & Whitney engine happened when the aircraft was flying to Kolkata from Chennai on January 3. The plane returned mid-way to Chennai and has been grounded there since then due to damaged engine blades, they said.

        While sources said the engine of the aircraft stalled mid-air with a “loud  bang”, an IndiGo spokesperson said in a statement that its crew took note of a “technical caution” and decided to return the flight to Chennai.

        The incident forced the A320neo aircraft to return to Chennai under emergency conditions, he added. The number of people on board the flight could not be ascertained.

        IndiGo, which is facing such issues in the A320neo planes powered by P&W engines since their induction in the fleet in 2016 and has received compensation from both Airbus.

        Meanwhile, the government’s apex aircraft investigation body AAIB has rushed a team to Chennai to assess the incident and take a call on the probe.

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