Air India flight Emergency Landing Mumbai: The pilots of the A320neo plane received a warning about high exhaust gas temperatures on one of the engines just minutes after the aircraft’s departure from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 9:43 am.
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
An Airbus A320neo aircraft of Tata Group-run Air India returned to Mumbai airport just 27 minutes after takeoff as one of its engines shut down mid-air due to a technical problem, sources told today.
Air India spokesperson told the passengers were flown to the destination – Bengaluru after a change of aircraft on Thursday.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation is conducting an investigation into this incident, sources told Press Trust of India. The Airbus A320neo planes of Air India have CFM International’s Leap engines.
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The pilots of the A320neo plane received a warning about high exhaust gas temperatures on one of the engines just minutes after the aircraft’s departure from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 9:43 am.
With that engine being shut down, the pilot landed back at the Mumbai airport at 10:10 am, sources told news agency PTI.
When asked about the incident, an Air India spokesperson told: “Air India accords top priority to safety and our crew is well adept at handling these situations.
Our Engineering and Maintenance teams immediately started looking into the issue.” The scheduled flight had left with passengers to Bengaluru after a change of aircraft,” the spokesperson said.
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