Serious incident to the Airbus A320 registered VT-ITU operated by Indigo on 15/07/2019 en route [Investigation led by AIB / India]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Indian authorities:

The aircraft was involved in Air Turn Back due to ENG#1 Stall, along with high EGT and high Engine Vibration. During ground inspection, ENG # 1 LPT3 blades were found damaged. The damages were confined to Engine # 1.

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General information
Local date	15/07/2019
Responsible entity	India - AIB
State or area of occurrence	India
Location	En croisière
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2020-0123

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	India - Interglobe Aviation Private Ltd (T/a Indigo)
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	VT-ITU
State of registry	India
Last departure point	India - VAGO (GOI): Goa (Navy)
Planned destination	India - VAAH (AMD): Ahmadabad
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	7510
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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