Thursday, July 21, 2016

Air India A319 at Kolkata, engine #2 shut down in flight



An Air India Airbus A319-100, registration VT-SCV performing flight AI-247 from Kolkata (India) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 56 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Kolkata when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (CFM56) down, stopped the climb at 5500 feet and returned to Kolkata for a safe landing on runway 19L about 15 minutes after departure.

A replacement A319-100 registration VT-SCB reached Kathmandu with a delay of 5:20 hours.

The airline confirmed a right hand engine problem.


The Aviation Herald

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