Civil Aviation
IndiGo Flight Experiences Mid-air Engine Shutdown, and Lands in Mumbai
On Tuesday, an IndiGo flight from Madurai headed for Mumbai experienced a mid-flight problem when one of its engines shut down, but the airplane made a safe landing.
According to officials, one of the aircraft’s Pratt & Whitney engines failed mid-flight, and the aircraft is presently grounded at the Mumbai airport while undergoing the appropriate inspections.
The IndiGo airplane landed at the Mumbai airport with one engine operational, according to Mumbai airport officials. According to a statement, “the pilot reported a technical issue in one of the P & W engines during the mid-air flight, and the flight from Madurai to Mumbai landed safely at Mumbai airport with one engine.”
Flight 6E-2012, which flew from Madurai to Mumbai, encountered a technical problem just before touching down. The pilot gave the Mumbai landing first priority. The aircraft is being kept in Mumbai and will resume flight after any required maintenance.
IndiGo’s nearly 40 aircraft have been grounded for months as a result of PW issues and the engine manufacturer’s failure to provide replacement engines. The PW engine problems that caused more than half of GoFirst’s fleet to be grounded for many months while waiting for replacement engines were directly to blame for the company’s grounding earlier this year.
