Created Sunday, Jul 17th 2022 18:06Z, last updated Sunday, Jul 17th 2022 20:12Z
An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-IJK performing flight
6E-1406 (dep Jul 16th) from Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) to Hyderabad (India) with 187 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL370 over the Arabian Sea about 230nm southwest of Karachi (Pakistan) when the crew decided to divert to Karachi due to abnormal indications for the right hand engine (PW1127G). The aircraft landed safely on Karachi's runway 07R aboút 30 minutes later.
A replacement Airbus A320-200N registration VT-IZO positioned to Karachi, however, did not resume the flight and returned to Ahmedabad as 6E-9002.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Karachi for about 14 hours, then continued the flight and reached Hyderabad with a delay of about 15.5 hours.
The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Karachi as a precaution due to a technical defect.
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