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Incident: India A321 at Bhubaneswar on Nov 8th 2019, fire seen from engine

 

An Air India Airbus A321-200, registration VT-PPT performing flight AI-670 from Bhubaneswar to Mumbai (India) with 180 people on board, was climbing through FL260 out of Bhubaneswar when a passenger alerted cabin crew of seeing fire and sparks from the left hand engine (CFM56) exhaust, the flight attendants informed the flight deck. After some checks the pilots decided to shut the engine down and divert to Raipur (India), where the aircraft landed safely about 40 minutes after departure. The aircraft was evacuated via slides. There were no injuries.

 

India's DGCA reported a passenger reported the engine fire to the cabin crew, who informed the flight crew. The flight crew performed checks, shut the #1 engine down and diverted to Raipur. The aircraft was evacuated via slides, the aircraft was subsequently towed off the runway.

 

The airport reported the aircraft returned suspecting a tail pipe fire on the #1 engine, the crew did not receive any engine fire indication or other abnormal parameters, however, as a precaution discharged the fire extinguisher into the engine after it was shut down. There had been an engine tail pipe fire.

 

On Nov 13th 2019 it became known that the engine is going to be replaced, India's AIB have opened an investigation.

 

On Nov 29th 2019 India's AIB reported there were no injuries and minor damage to the aircraft, when the left hand engine suffered a fire in flight and was shut down. The aircraft diverted to Raipur, where an emergency evacuation was carried out. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by India's AIB.

 

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