AI2487 - Incident: India A20N near Bhopal on Nov 3rd 2025
Created Wednesday, Nov 5th 2025 16:04Z, last updated Wednesday, Nov 5th 2025 16:04Z
An Air India Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-EXO performing flight AI-2487 from Delhi to Bangalore (India) with 172 people on board, was enroute at FL370 about 30nm northwest of Bhopal (India) when the crew received cargo smoke warnings for both cargo areas and decided to divert to Bhopal. The aircraft landed safely on Bhopal's runway 30 about 35 minutes later.
The airline reported a technical snag.
The aircraft was able to continue the flight and reached Bangalore with a delay of about 6.5 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald