6E357 - Incident: Indigo A20N near Bhopal on Jan 17th 2021
Created Tuesday, Jan 19th 2021 20:59Z, last updated Tuesday, Jan 19th 2021 20:59Z
An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ITH performing flight 6E-357 from Surat Gujarat to Kolkata (India) with 172 people on board, was enroute at FL330 about 50nm east of Bhopal (India) when the crew decided to divert to Bhopal due to a burning odour on the flight deck. The aircraft landed safely on Bhopal's runway 30 about 18 minutes later.
A replacement A320-200 registration VT-IHK reached Kolkata with a delay of 4:45 hours.
The airline reported the crew diverted due to a temporary foul smell on the flight deck.
The source of the odour was identified to be the avionics compartment extract fan having failed.
Source: The Aviation Herald