Q2700 - Incident: Maldivian A320 at Male on Jun 23rd 2024

A Maldivian Airbus A320-200, registration 8Q-IAN performing flight Q2-700 from Male (Maldives) to Thiruvananthapuram (India), was climbing out of Male's runway 18 when the right hand engine (CFM56) suffered a compressor stall prompting the crew to stop the climb at FL170 and return to Male for a safe landing on runway 18 about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement ATR-72-212A registration 8Q-IAZ reached Thiruvananthapuram with a delay of about 11 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Male about 33 hours later.