ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210164
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Date: | Sunday 29 April 2018 |
Time: | c. 10:30 LT |
Type: | Airbus A321-211 |
Owner/operator: | Air India |
Registration: | VT-PPN |
MSN: | 3955 |
Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B3/P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 188 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | near Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -
India
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
Destination airport: | Srinagar Airport (SXR/VISR) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Air India flight AI825, an Airbus A321-211, returned to land at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, India after one of the engines had to be shut down shortly after takeoff. The flight landed safely about 21 minutes after departure.
According to the pilot the engine had ingested a weather balloon.
Reportedly the balloons are being launched at 00Z/06Z/12Z/18Z. The incident occurred about 05Z.
An office of the India Meteorological Department is located 6.2 km SSE of the departure end of runway 11. Flight 825 overflew that location at 05:06Z at an altitude of about 3000 feet. Immediately after passing that location, the climb was arrested at 3200 feet.
Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/balloon-in-ai-planes-engine-causes-emergency-landing/articleshow/63965065.cms http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/weather-balloon-gets-sucked-into-jet-engine/article23721645.ece https://www.flightradar24.com/2018-04-29/05:26/12x/AIC825/1133b0e1 https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VTPPN/history/20180429/0445Z/VIDP/VIDP/tracklog
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Apr-2018 19:09 |
harro |
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29-Apr-2018 19:13 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2018 19:23 |
harro |
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30-Apr-2018 08:05 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
30-Apr-2018 08:18 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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