IndiGo’s Ahmedabad-Kolkata flight returns to airport after PW engine snag
New Delhi: An IndiGoNSE 0.47 % flight heading to Kolkata on Friday returned to Ahmedabad after one of the Pratt and Whitney (PW) engines in the Airbus A320neo aircraft faced a snag mid-air, according to senior government officials. “One of the engines of 6E125 Ahmedabad-Kolkata flight developed high vibrations mid-air. Therefore, pilot returned the aircraft to Ahmedabad,” the officials stated.
In a relief to IndiGo, aviation regulator DGCA on January 13 had decided to extend the deadline for the budget carrier to replace all 135 unmodified PW engines on A320neo aircraft from January 31 to May 31.
Four Air Turn Back (ATB)/In-flight Shut Down (IFSD) events were witnessed on Airbus A320Neo planes operated by Indigo in a week during October last year due to the failure of third stage LPT (low pressure turbine) blades.
