NEW DELHI: Snags in Pratt and Whitney (PW) engines for the Airbus A-320 Neos have sharply risen after a short lived lull. A GoAir A-320 new engine possibility (Neo) with nearly 100 people on board had to return to Delhi on Friday after setting out for Hyderabad after the engines reportedly had “high vibrations”. This is no less than the third snag in A320 Neos with PW engines, a mixture utilized in India by IndiGo and GoAir, this month itself.
High vibration in Pratt engines for the A320 neos is the newest within the sequence of endless snags plaguing the engines for over two years now. A senior respectable of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated the “producer (PW) is acutely aware of this (vibration issue) and is working on it”.
A GoAir spokesman stated: “GoAir flight G8 423 from Delhi to Hyderabad returned back to Delhi after being airborne due to a suspected technical glitch. After standard touchdown, passengers were accommodated in every other airplane thru ramp to ramp switch. The flight had 90 passengers on board. Post inspection and investigation, the airplane has been declared serviceable and operational. GoAir is committed to the perfect requirements of safety of passengers and its personal crew members and the crew operated throughout the established guidelines to offer for safe travel.”
Last Saturday (October 20), a GoAir A320 Neo flying from Delhi to Male had to return to Delhi due to engine bother. On October 15, an IndiGo Neo took off from Bangalore for Ahmedabad. Soon after take off one engine failed. Twin-engine airplane can land safely on one engine and this plane then returned to safely land in Bangalore on one engine. The engine had to get replaced.
Last month, every other Neo had suffered engine problem while flying from Nagpur to Delhi and after touchdown safely the plane used to be grounded for engine alternative. On September 1, a Bangalore-Pune flight on an A20320 Neo had to return to the foundation soon after take off due to engine bother.
While Pratt & Whitney engines on the A-320 Neo troubles are mounting, aviation authorities here say there is no cause for fear. “A320 Neos powered by Neo engines are safe to fly. We are tracking the situation very closely. We have very strick assessments in position for the Neo Pratt engines. They sought after us to loosen up the strict checking norms and we refused,” stated a senior DGCA respectable.
High vibration in Pratt engines for the A320 neos is the newest within the sequence of endless snags plaguing the engines for over two years now. A senior respectable of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated the “producer (PW) is acutely aware of this (vibration issue) and is working on it”.
A GoAir spokesman stated: “GoAir flight G8 423 from Delhi to Hyderabad returned back to Delhi after being airborne due to a suspected technical glitch. After standard touchdown, passengers were accommodated in every other airplane thru ramp to ramp switch. The flight had 90 passengers on board. Post inspection and investigation, the airplane has been declared serviceable and operational. GoAir is committed to the perfect requirements of safety of passengers and its personal crew members and the crew operated throughout the established guidelines to offer for safe travel.”
Last Saturday (October 20), a GoAir A320 Neo flying from Delhi to Male had to return to Delhi due to engine bother. On October 15, an IndiGo Neo took off from Bangalore for Ahmedabad. Soon after take off one engine failed. Twin-engine airplane can land safely on one engine and this plane then returned to safely land in Bangalore on one engine. The engine had to get replaced.
Last month, every other Neo had suffered engine problem while flying from Nagpur to Delhi and after touchdown safely the plane used to be grounded for engine alternative. On September 1, a Bangalore-Pune flight on an A20320 Neo had to return to the foundation soon after take off due to engine bother.
While Pratt & Whitney engines on the A-320 Neo troubles are mounting, aviation authorities here say there is no cause for fear. “A320 Neos powered by Neo engines are safe to fly. We are tracking the situation very closely. We have very strick assessments in position for the Neo Pratt engines. They sought after us to loosen up the strict checking norms and we refused,” stated a senior DGCA respectable.
'Vibrations' force GoAir flight to return after take off
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October 27, 2018
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