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Airbus A320-200 (A320-231)

A320-469Written off

RegistrationINVT-ESH

OperatorAir India

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0incidents

1accidents

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Airbus A320-200 (A320-231) built in 1994. Operated for Indian Airlines and Air India.

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Mature · 20 years · ≈ 66,000 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

Engines2× 2 x IAE V2500-A1

First flight1994

Country of registrationIndia

MSN469

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A320

Figures for the A320-200 variant, the most representative of the family

Length37.6 m123 ft

Wingspan35.8 m117 ft

Height11.8 m39 ft

Range6,204 km3,350 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed828 km/h447 ktMach 0.78

Service ceiling12,131 m39,800 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight78,000 kg171,960 lb

Maximum payload35,400 kg78,044 lbIts 150 passengers with baggage would weigh about 15.0 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity150 passengersUp to 195 in a high-density layout

Endurance7 h 30 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 6,204 km range, from Mumbai it could fly non-stop as far as:

ICNSeoul5,548 km PVGShanghai (Pudong)5,064 kmISTIstanbul4,836 km PEKBeijing4,765 km CAICairo4,342 km

Beyond its rangeFRAFrankfurt am Main6,570 km

The type first flew in 1987 (39 years ago) · About 7,000 units built · Still in production

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1994–2007Indian Airlines airline base

Base

BOMMumbai

2007–2014Air India network of its single-aisle aircraft

Base

DELNew Delhi BOMMumbai

Main destinations

CCUKolkata MAAChennai HYDHyderabad BLRBengaluru GOIVasco da Gama TRVThiruvananthapuram COKKochi SHJSharjah AMDAhmedabad MCTMuscat/Seeb

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1994

Built

Assembled by Airbus.

May 9, 1994

Delivered to Indian Airlines

Delivered to Indian Airlines as VT-ESH.

Aug 24, 2007

Transferred to Air India

Transferred to Air India.

Jan 5, 2014

Accident at Jaipur International Airport

On January 5, 2014, the Airbus A320-231 aircraft (registration VT-ESH), operated by Air India, was involved in an accident at Jaipur International Airport (India) due to a veer-off on landing in fog. Source: the AAIB (India).

What happened

Flight AI890 from Guwahati to Delhi, after holding because of fog at Delhi, diverted to Jaipur, where visibility was deteriorating rapidly. The crew continued the ILS approach to runway 27 with a reported runway visual range of 50 m; the captain disconnected the autopilot at 200 ft and landed manually, and the aircraft drifted left and touched down on soft ground beside the runway, where the left wing struck trees before the aircraft returned to the runway and stopped. The report records no injuries among the 179 people on board (one passenger suffered a minor bruise to a finger); the aircraft was a hull loss. The AAIB attributed the accident to the decision to divert to and continue towards an airfield with deteriorating visibility, the manual landing below minima, and shortcomings in the airline's operational supervision and control.

Source: AAIB India

Operators

1994-05-09

Indian Airlines

Registration VT-ESH

2007-08-24

Air India

Registration VT-ESH

In memoriam

This aircraft suffered a serious accident or hull loss. Out of respect for what happened and for the people who may have been affected, this record does not enable the register of memories.

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