IX2658 - Incident: India Express A320 at Vishakhapatnam on Sep 18th 2025
Created Friday, Sep 19th 2025 19:17Z, last updated Friday, Sep 19th 2025 19:17Z
An Air India Express Airbus A320-200, registration VT-EXC performing flight IX-2658 from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad (India) with 103 people on board, was climbing out of Visakhapatnam's runway 10 when the crew stopped the climb at FL090 reporting a problem with one of their engines (CFM56) due to a suspected bird strike. The aircraft returned to Visakhapatnam for a safe landing on runway 28 about 20 minutes after departure.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Visakhapatnam about 35 hours after landing back.
Source: The Aviation Herald