Engine failures: Indian Airlines under fire

New Delhi:National carrier Indian Airlines seems to be neck deep in a crisis.
Reports available exclusively with NDTV indicate that engines of the aircraft have been failing during take offs as well as landings.
There have been a series of failures in the past year, a fact that has remained concealed from the public eye.
Even during ground inspections, the V-2500 1A engines fitted onto A-320 aircrafts have failed.
An aircraft has two engines, and so when one fails, the other compensates. But an in flight shut down (IFSD) is an extreme emergency and a serious threat to passenger safety.
NDTV's investigation revealed that in the last seven-eight months there have been more than 50 serious 'incidents' including engine failures.
Though not figuring in IFSD, these were extreme emergencies. There were serious problems like temperature shooting up, landing gear getting stuck etc. In at least one case there was emergency evacuation as crew reported fire in one of the engines.
30/09/06 Ajmer Singh/NDTV.com

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