ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 312229
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| Date: | Thursday 6 December 2018 |
| Time: | 15:37 UTC |
| Type: |  ATR 72-500 (72-212A) |
| Owner/operator: | Jet Airways |
| Registration: | VT-JCN |
| MSN: | 825 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 70 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Indore -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Indore-Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport (IDR/VAID) |
| Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Jet Airways flight 9W794, an ATR 72-500, was involved in an air turn back due to a no.2 engine fire warning.
The aircraft took off from Indore at 15:15 UTC for Delhi. Take off and initial climb were uneventful. A no.2 engine fire (PW127F) warning was observed by the crew while the aircraft was passing FL150. The fire was contained by discharge of a single squib. The crew declared MAYDAY to Nagpur ATC and decided to turn back to Indore.
Indore ATC was informed by the Nagpur ATC as well as an overflying aircraft of the emergency. All the emergency services were activated and full emergency was declared at Indore airport. The aircraft landed safely on runway 25 at 16:07 UTC. Normal disembarkation of passengers was carried out at the parking bay and no injury was reported to any passenger or crew.
Probable Cause of the Incident
The probable cause of failure could not be established as no information could be obtained from the Lessor in respect of Engine Dis-assembly and Failure Analysis.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
AAIB India
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2023 08:17 | harro | Added |
| 08-May-2023 08:18 | harro | Updated |
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