IndiGo again grapples with P&W engine woes; 4 planes face glitches in one week
Country's largest airline IndiGo is again battling Pratt & Whitney engine problems, with at least four of its planes experiencing...
This flight was operated by A320 ceo having P&W engines.However, an IndiGo spokesperson said that except for the Ranchi flight wherein the aircraft had mid-air engine issues, the rest of the incidents were due to "standard issues" which occur in the day-to-day operations of a plane.Queries sent to US engine maker P&W remained unanswered."Airbus A320 neo plane (VT-ITE) operating airline's flight 6E-509 to Ranchi from New Delhi had an air turn back to Delhi.
The crew carried out an engine in flight shut down following the standard industry procedure," the airline said in a statement about the June 3 incident."Leaving aside Ranchi flight (engine) shut down, the reason of which still needs to be determined, none of the other incidents had to do with the known PW engine issues, which occur in the day-to-day operations of an aircraft," IndiGo said.
However, the airline did not provide a response to queries on whether it was mulling grounding of its A320 neo fleet in view of the safety concerns. In the 2017 June quarter, IndiGo had grounded nine A320 neo planes due to engine issues. The grounding had also resulted in IndiGo cancelling 84 flights on a particular day last year.Then again between February and March this year, 14 of these planes -- 11 of IndiGo and three of Go Air -- were taken out of operations due to the same engine issues on the directions of the aviation regulator after a series of mid air shut downs were reported by the two carriers.