# NTSB ENG23WA035: Airbus A321, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, August 22, 2023

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 22, 2023, 21:57 local (21:57 UTC)
- Place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Pratt & Whitney Flight Safety, Pratt & Whitney Flight Safety Investigator
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192971
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192971/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA035

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 821 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-IUD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321 (271NX)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8710
- Year built: 2019
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: IndiGo
- Registered owner: IndiGo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: OEJN, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, OF
- Destination: VOCI, Cochin, India, OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- Equipment: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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