IndiGo Flight to From Mumbai to Singapore Diverted to Nagpur Due to Oil Leakage, Alternate Aircraft Carries Passengers

Mumbai, January 2: A Singapore-bound IndiGo flight from Mumbai was diverted to Nagpur due to oil leakage on Wednesday. According to a statement by IndiGo, an alternate aircraft was arranged to accommodate passengers and help them reach the destination. "The aircraft is currently undergoing technical inspection. An alternate aircraft was arranged to accommodate passengers which took off with a delay of over 5 hours", IndiGo said.

According to a report by Mumbai Mirror, an IndiGo A320Neo flying on the Mumbai-Singapore sector had to divert to Nagpur in the early hours of Wednesday following fuel leakage. The report informs that the IndiGo flight 6E-19 with registration VTIVS took off from Mumbai at 2.12 am when the pilots suspected a problem with fuel leak. IndiGo, GoAir Barred From Flying Airbus 320neo Fitted With PW Engines to Port Blair Airport.

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According to a report by The Hindu, an IndiGo spokesperson said the aircraft had since been grounded at Nagpur for a technical inspection. “Another aircraft was brought in from Hyderabad and passengers were flown to Singapore,” the spokesperson said.

IndiGo, India's largest airline, has more than 250 planes in its fleet after inducting at least four neo aircraft on December 31. IndiGo, which has a domestic market share of more than 47 per cent, is also the first Indian carrier to have over 250 planes. Recently, the airline had become the first airline to operate 1,500 flights per day.