Motorstopp - Curt Lewis

Incident: Indigo A20N at Mumbai on Jan 23rd 2020, engine shut down in flight

An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-IJD performing flight 6E-5384 from Mumbai to Hyderabad (India) with 95 people on board, was climbing out of Mumbai when the crew stopped the climb at about FL230 due to a left hand engine (PW1127G) stall, shut the engine down and returned to Mumbai for a safe landing on runway 27 about 35 minutes after departure. The airline reported the crew observed an engine warning and returned to Mumbai.

Incident: Jetblue A320 at Grenada on Jan 22nd 2020, engine shut down in flight

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N661JB performing flight B6-950 from Grenada (Grenada) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 75 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Grenada when a loud bang was heard from one of the engines (V2527). The crew stopped the climb at 2000 feet, shut the engine down and returned to Grenada for a safe landing. A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration N975JT reached New York with a delay of 9:40 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Grenada about 28 hours after landing back.