ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168973
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 August 2014 |
| Time: | 15:24 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | IndiGo Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-IFK |
| MSN: | 5476 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 154 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB) |
| Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An IndiGo Airbus A320 was evacuated on a taxiway at Delhi Airport, India after an air traffic controller observed "dense smoke" near the left hand main landing gear while the landing airplane was landing on runway 27.
IndiGo stated the evacuation was ordered "due to smoke from left brake assembly while taxiing in after landing."
The airplane operated flight 6E-176 from Mumbai and carried 148 passengers and six crew members. 28 persons were injured.
Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Narrow-escape-for-154-passengers-on-board-IndiGo-flight/articleshow/40510464.cms
Media:
Indigo evacuation at Delhi pic.twitter.com/q3UVeHZBty
— nishant chander (@NishantChander) August 20, 2014Indigo flight from Mumbai that caught fire and emergency evacuation was done yesterday. #IGI pic.twitter.com/lsMAOVWzyN
— Deepankar Raj (@draj059) August 21, 2014@shreyshtyle @firstpostin @Capt_Ck @shukla_tarun due to smoke from left brake assembly while taxiing in after landing. No Fire. >>
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) August 20, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2014 06:17 | harro | Added |
| 21-Aug-2014 12:54 | gerard57 | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
| 21-Aug-2014 19:27 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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