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3L62 - Incident: Arabia A320 near Ahmedabad on Jun 6th 2022

Created Tuesday, Jun 7th 2022 12:05Z, last updated Saturday, Jun 18th 2022 14:04Z

Ahmedabad International Airport
File photo: Ahmedabad International Airport.

An Air Arabia Airbus A320-200, registration A6-AOT performing flight 3L-62 from Chittagong (Bangladesh) to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), was enroute at FL360 about 90nm west of Ahmedabad (India) when the crew received indication the #1 engine (CFM56) had stalled. The crew shut the engine down and diverted to Ahmedabad for a safe landing on runway 23 about 35 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Ahmedabad about 20.5 hours after landing.

India's DGCA have opened an investigation.

On Jun 18th 2022 India's DGCA reported the crew received ENG # 1 STALL and FAIL messages on their ECAM, shut the engine down and diverted to Ahmedabad. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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