Air Asia India Airbus A320-200, registered as VT-ATF, with 173 passengers and 6 crew members, was performing flight IX-1132 from Bangalore to Kochi (India). While taking off from Bangalore’s runway 27R, its right engine (CFM56) caught fire. The crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet.
The aircraft returned to Bangalore, and although the engine was shut down and fire extinguishers were discharged, the fire could not be extinguished. The aircraft landed back on Bangalore’s runway 27L about 12 minutes after takeoff, with the right engine still on fire, and came to a stop on the taxiway.
Firefighters extinguished the fire in the right engine, and an emergency evacuation was carried out without any injuries.
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