{"id":10040,"date":"2026-04-08T02:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10040"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:54:41","slug":"130096478-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=10040","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata airport mishap: catering SUV rams IndiGo plane engine at Kolkata airport | Kolkata News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130099959,imgsize-46462,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/an-indigo-a320-aircraft-at-kolkata-airport-sustained-damage-to-its-right-engine-when-an-oberoi-catering-vehicle-collided-with-it-on-tuesday-night.jpg\" alt=\"SUV rams IndiGo plane engine at Kolkata airport; aircraft grounded\" title=\"An IndiGo A320 aircraft at Kolkata airport sustained damage to its right engine when an Oberoi catering vehicle collided with it on Tuesday night.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"An IndiGo A320 aircraft at Kolkata airport sustained damage to its right engine when an Oberoi catering vehicle collided with it on Tuesday night.\">An IndiGo A320 aircraft at Kolkata airport sustained damage to its right engine when an Oberoi catering vehicle collided with it on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KOLKATA: An IndiGo A 320 aircraft that was parked in the apron area of Kolkata airport was damaged when a vehicle ferrying Oberoi catering officials dashed its right engine on Tuesday night.<!-- --> The airline\u2019s engineers are assessing the damage. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Prima facie, the damage appeared to be extensive and is likely to ground the aircraft for days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The airport authority has initiated an inquiry into the incident.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Sources said an Oberoi catering SUV bumped into the rear of starboard engine of the aircraft around 9.30pm on Tuesday. There was no passenger or crew on the plane.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>An IndiGo statement said: \u201cAn unmanned vehicle on the apron moved and came in contact with a parked IndiGo aircraft. The relevant authorities have been informed. The aircraft is grounded undergoing inspections and necessary maintenance before being cleared for operations. The aircraft was scheduled to operate flight 6E 6663 to Guwahati. An alternate aircraft has been arranged.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolkata\/catering-suv-rams-parked-plane-engine-at-kol-airport\/articleshow\/130096478.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An IndiGo A320 aircraft at Kolkata airport sustained damage to its right engine when an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25013,25011,25010,25014,6667,6666,6668,6669,25012,6670],"class_list":["post-10040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aircraft-ground-for-days","tag-indigo-a320-damage","tag-kolkata-airport-incident","tag-kolkata-airport-inquiry","tag-kolkata-latest-news","tag-kolkata-news","tag-kolkata-news-live","tag-kolkata-news-today","tag-oberoi-catering-suv-accident","tag-today-news-kolkata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}