Bangkok-Delhi AI flight lands in Kolkata post fuel leakage
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: 07.01.2019
Air India’s Bangkok-Delhi flight on Saturday night with about 150 people on board had to make an emergency landing in Kolkata reportedly due to fuel leakage from the right wing. The flight, AI 335 operated on an Airbus A320 (VTEXV), landed safely in Kolkata at 10.30pm Saturday. The aircraft is said to have stopped on the taxiway and then was taxied to the terminal.
The flight took off from Bangkok just after its schedule time of 9.30 pm Saturday for the 4-hour-10-minute flight to Delhi. After flying for about half that time and on entering the Indian airspace, the technical problem was detected in the aircraft. The pilots then decided to land at Kolkata.
An AI spokesman said: “Delhi-Kolkata AI-22, which landed Kolkata at 11.30 pm flew back the passengers of Bangkok-Delhi at 1.30 am from Kolkata. The aircraft (VT-EXV) will return as ferry flight (without passengers) to Delhi.”
MID-AIR SCARE
SpiceJet Delhi flight’s engine shuts midair, lands in Varanasi on one engine
New Delhi:
A SpiceJet Boeing 737 Max flying from Hong Kong to Delhi on Sunday suffered one “engine flame-out” — meaning fuel flow to one engine got stopped and then it shut down — near Patna. Since twin-engine aircraft can land safely on one engine, the B737 Max did so at the nearest airport that was Varanasi.
“The engine has a ‘servo valve’ that regulates flow of fuel, developed a snag. Fuel flow to this engine got affected then and it flamed out meaning there was no power in it. Flame-out does not mean there was fire in the engine, it just stopped working,” said sources.
A SpiceJet spokesman said: “On Sunday , SpiceJet flight SG-32 Hong Kong to Delhi was diverted to Varanasi after the pilots noticed low fuel supply in number 1 engine. Pilots followed the standard operating procedure and landed safely in Varanasi. Passengers deplaned normally. On inspection, a fuel control valve ,a minor component, was found to have malfunctioned and is being replaced. The aircraft will be back in operation by evening.”
SpiceJet is learnt to have sent another aircraft to Varanasi with man and material to fly back passengers to Delhi and left the required repair material with technicians at Varanasi to inspect the engine. The aircraft took off from Hong Kong at 7.42 am on Sunday. TNN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: 07.01.2019
Air India’s Bangkok-Delhi flight on Saturday night with about 150 people on board had to make an emergency landing in Kolkata reportedly due to fuel leakage from the right wing. The flight, AI 335 operated on an Airbus A320 (VTEXV), landed safely in Kolkata at 10.30pm Saturday. The aircraft is said to have stopped on the taxiway and then was taxied to the terminal.
The flight took off from Bangkok just after its schedule time of 9.30 pm Saturday for the 4-hour-10-minute flight to Delhi. After flying for about half that time and on entering the Indian airspace, the technical problem was detected in the aircraft. The pilots then decided to land at Kolkata.
An AI spokesman said: “Delhi-Kolkata AI-22, which landed Kolkata at 11.30 pm flew back the passengers of Bangkok-Delhi at 1.30 am from Kolkata. The aircraft (VT-EXV) will return as ferry flight (without passengers) to Delhi.”
MID-AIR SCARE
SpiceJet Delhi flight’s engine shuts midair, lands in Varanasi on one engine
New Delhi:
A SpiceJet Boeing 737 Max flying from Hong Kong to Delhi on Sunday suffered one “engine flame-out” — meaning fuel flow to one engine got stopped and then it shut down — near Patna. Since twin-engine aircraft can land safely on one engine, the B737 Max did so at the nearest airport that was Varanasi.
“The engine has a ‘servo valve’ that regulates flow of fuel, developed a snag. Fuel flow to this engine got affected then and it flamed out meaning there was no power in it. Flame-out does not mean there was fire in the engine, it just stopped working,” said sources.
A SpiceJet spokesman said: “On Sunday , SpiceJet flight SG-32 Hong Kong to Delhi was diverted to Varanasi after the pilots noticed low fuel supply in number 1 engine. Pilots followed the standard operating procedure and landed safely in Varanasi. Passengers deplaned normally. On inspection, a fuel control valve ,a minor component, was found to have malfunctioned and is being replaced. The aircraft will be back in operation by evening.”
SpiceJet is learnt to have sent another aircraft to Varanasi with man and material to fly back passengers to Delhi and left the required repair material with technicians at Varanasi to inspect the engine. The aircraft took off from Hong Kong at 7.42 am on Sunday. TNN
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