AI2820 - Incident: India A20N at Bangalore on Jan 5th 2025

An Air India Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-TQE performing flight AI-2820 from Bangalore to Delhi (India), was climbing out of Bangalore's runway 09L when the crew stopped the climb at FL080 due to an engine (LEAP) stall. The crew subsequently shut the engine down and returned to Bangalore for a safe landing on runway 09R about 65 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200N registration VT-TQA reached Delhi with a delay of 5.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Bangalore about 27 hours after landing.