Jammu, March 19: The issue with IndiGo Neo aircraft continue with each passing day and its services are badly hit due to the increasing number of flights being grounded. In a recent incident, an IndiGo Neo aircraft was grounded in Jammu on Monday after pilots reported about glitches. This is the third Indigo aircraft that has been grounded in the last 24 hours after a fuel leak was reported from the engine at Jammu airport on Sunday.
As per details by ANI, the aircraft belonged to Airbus’ A320 Neo series, which have been in the news for its glitches-prone engines. On Sunday, two flights–one at New Delhi and another at Jammu and Kashmir were grounded due to technical glitches. In Jammu & Kashmir, the flight was grounded after a hydraulic leak was detected from one of the engines.
As per reports, the aircraft that operated on the Bangalore-Delhi route was grounded for maintenance check at Delhi airport as the pilot reported about the malfunctioning engine.
Third Indigo Neo aircraft grounded in last 24 hours. Indigo Neo VT IVE grounded in Jammu since yesterday after a fuel leak from engine 1 pic.twitter.com/pS6lG0e8cA
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2018
According to a statement released by the airline, during the maintenance check, metal chips were observed on an engine bearing a chip detector which is known to be a matter of concern with the Neo engines. Later in the day, another Indigo Neo aircraft in Srinagar was grounded due to hydraulic leak from one of its two engines. Later, the aircraft was declared fit to fly after rectification of the problem.
On March 13, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grounded 11 Airbus 320 Neo aircraft owned by Indigo Airlines and Go Air following multiple instances of engine-related problems.
Last week, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had grounded many IndiGo and Go Air aircraft for faulty engines. On Friday, the Delhi High Court had dismissed a petition seeking grounding of the entire IndiGo and Go Air fleets because of their faulty engines.
After losing a court battle on shifting terminals, IndiGo will partially shift operations from Terminal 1 to the revamped Terminal 2 (T2) of the IGI airport here from March 255. The airline will operate flights to Bengaluru, Chennai, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Raipur, Srinagar, Bagdogra, Udaipur, Vadodara and Vishakhapatnam from T2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. These flights will be numbered from 6E 2000 to 6E 2999.
According to a recent order of the Supreme Court, both IndiGo and SpiceJet had submitted lists of sectors to GMR-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for shifting to T2 and the DIAL has given its consent to the proposal, a statement issued today said. To recall, GoAir had decided to shift operations to T2 in October 2017, SpiceJet and Indigo decided to follow suit last month for partial shifting after the Supreme Court dismissed IndiGo's plea challenging a Delhi High Court order on shifting operations from Terminal (T1) to T2.
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