ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347498
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| Date: | Friday 2 July 2021 |
| Time: | 11:38 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-271N |
| Owner/operator: | IndiGo Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-ITA |
| MSN: | 6744 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW1127G-JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 128 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -
 India
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bengaluru (Bangalore) International Airport (BLR/VOBL) |
| Dehradun-Jolly Grant Airport (DED/VIDN) | |
| Investigating agency: | DGCA India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
IndiGo Airlines flight 6E852, an Airbus A320-271N, was involved in a low fuel emergency landing incident.
During approach to land at Dehradun, the aircraft performed a go-around due weather and entered the prescribed hold pattern. The flight crew discussed the weather as no aircraft was making an approach and a company aircraft (6E953) diverted to Delhi so flight crew of 6E852 also decided to divert to Delhi, which was one of the planned destination alternate aerodromes.
The Delhi weather obtained through Dehradun ATC however was incorrect.
The information which was communicated by Delhi ATC to Dehradun ATC at 1031 UTC was matching with the METAR of Delhi at 0500 UTC.
After changing over to Delhi, the aircraft was asked by Delhi Radar to hold at the present position due to weather. The flight crew informed ATC that they had around 14 minutes of extra fuel remaining. However, flight crew did not declare Minimum Fuel at any point of time.
Subsequently, as the aircraft reached approach path of runway 28 & 29, weather around Delhi deteriorated due to thunderstorm activity with rain and winds gusting up to 50 knots. As a result 6E852 discontinued the approach.
6E852 declared May Day fuel at 1138 UTC and was subsequently vectored for runway 10 or 11. 6E852 requested Delhi ATC to keep them closer to approach path of runway 10 which was denied by ATC. The flight was cleared to intercept the localizer Runway 11 and subsequently instructed to discontinue the approach due to the preceding company aircraft 6E-953 that had also issued a MAY DAY was still on the runway.
The aircraft was further vectored for runway 11 and subsequently got established on ILS and landed safely around 12:10 UTC on runway 11. Upon landing remaining fuel on board the aircraft was approximately 300 kg.
The investigation revealed that the cause of the incident is attributed to lack of situational awareness regarding importance of obtaining latest weather before commencing diversion and non adherence of standard procedure to inform minimum fuel state by declaring MINIMUM FUEL to ATC by the flight crew. Weather and incorrect MET information which was communicated by Delhi ATC to Dehradun ATC are the contributory factor to the incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
DGCA India
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 March 2018 | VT-ITA | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | E of Ahmedabad | |
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| 25 October 2019 | VT-ITA | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | S of Mumbai | |
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| Engine failure | ||||||
| 18 March 2023 | VT-ITA | IndiGo Airlines | 0 | near Hyderabad | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2023 15:14 | harro | Added |
| 01-Nov-2023 15:15 | harro | Updated |
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