At Least Four Injured After A320 Experiences Hydraulic Failure
Jesse Tabit September 08, 2015
At least four flyers were injured while aboard an Air India flight to Delhi Monday when the Airbus A320 experienced a hydraulic failure. The left wing of AI 405, carrying 146 passengers and nine crew members, reportedly caught fire while the aircraft was attempting to land at Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL). An airline representative later denied reports of a fire, saying the failure only caused “some smoke.”
The airline confirmed the incident via Twitter:
#AI405, VNSDEL had an emergency landing. All 146 pax were evacuated & taken to terminal building. All pax are safe & have been taken care of
— Air India (@airindiain) September 7, 2015
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[Photo: Air India]
Update: An earlier version of this story featured a picture of the wrong plane.
aircraft in question was VT-ESI, delivered to then Indian Airlines new in 1989. These are the only double-bogey Airbus 320s in the world and were made specifically on Indian Airlines' request to accommodate shorter and rougher air strips back then.
It also appears as though the hydraulic failure has turned the A320 into a 747-200...
The photo isn't that of an A320.