Monday, March 19, 2018

IndiGo aircraft grounded in Jammu due to fuel leak


NEW DELHI: Another IndiGo’s Airbus 320 (new engine option or neo) was grounded in Jammu on Sunday due to a technical glitch, making it the sixth incident with the neo aircraft in a week. 

Sources said that the IndiGo’s aircraft (VT IVE) is grounded in Jammu since yesterday. 

“The aircraft was to operate flight 6e 559 to Srinagar from Jammu but was grounded due to fuel leak from engine 1 after which the plane was grounded,” said a source, in the know. 


IndiGo in a statement confirmed the incident and said: “An A320 neo aircraft that operated Mumbai-Jammu, during maintenance checks was detected with leakage from #1 engine. This is a technical snag and it is being rectified. This is not related to the PW engine on-going concerns,” read the statement. 



ANI reported

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