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Air India Express B737 with 191 people on board has crashed in India (overshot runway)
Posted on 8/7/20 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 8/7/20 at 12:59 pm
Reuters
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Video from scene (Twitter)
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KOZHIKODE, India (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain near the southern city of Kozhikode on Friday, officials said.
The Boeing-737 flight from Dubai to Calicut International Airport was carrying 190 passengers and crew, the civil aviation ministry said in a statement. Among them were 10 infants.
Television footage showed rescue workers moving around the wreckage in pouring rain. The aircraft lay split into at least two chunks after the plane's fuselage sheared apart as it fell into a valley 35 feet below, authorities said.
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The office of the chief minister of Kerala state, where the airport is located and which is home to a large number of Indians working in the Middle East, said that in addition to the 17 dead, 173 others had been hospitalised.
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- The crash occurred at Kozhikode International Airport in Kerala, where the plane overshot the runway as it landed in heavy rain
- The crash occurred Friday evening at approximately 7:30 pm local time
- 191 people were on board at the time of the crash
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Deeply anguished & distressed at the air accident in Kozhikode. The @FlyWithIX flight number AXB-1344 on its way from Dubai to Kozhikode with 191 persons on board, overshot the runway in rainy conditions & went down 35 ft. into a slope before breaking up into two pieces.
Video from scene (Twitter)
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Heartbreaking ! Deeply distressed to hear abt the #AirIndia tragedy at Kozhikode. We lost ace pilot,our senior Wing Commander DV Sathe,Ex NDA, Sword of Honour,1984 commissioned,retired as an ace test Pilot..an inspirational figure in aviation industry. Tribute ??? ????? ??
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 9:08 pm
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Posted on 8/7/20 at 1:03 pm to When in Rome
the most important aspect of airline safety is the quality of the air traffic controllers
Posted on 8/7/20 at 1:31 pm to When in Rome
Aircraft went down an embankment and broke in two. 16 dead now.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 2:04 pm to Reservoir dawg
Yeah after seeing the pictures, I imagine that the death toll might rise a little bit. Sad 
Posted on 8/7/20 at 2:08 pm to Reservoir dawg
Posted on 8/7/20 at 2:14 pm to Reservoir dawg
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Aircraft went down an embankment and broke in two. 16 dead now.
Hilltop runway exposed sudden wind changes. Visibility was within parameters. Light rain. Sounds like they landed long, may have hydroplaned. It's interesting that the aircraft broke into 3 pieces. Lots of energy. No fire.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 2:32 pm to OchoDedos
Pilot apparently very experienced too.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 3:02 pm to When in Rome
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Pilot apparently very experienced too.
Retired Wing Commander IAF. Been there since 2004. So I heard.
If it was the return leg, P2 was flying. Indian carriers are notorious for having young relatively inexperienced copilots.
Anyway you slice it, a one class B738 with 191 on board is heavy, and can be a handful in shite weather.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 3:08 pm to OchoDedos
I wonder if they ever considered going around. I guess we will find out.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 3:22 pm to When in Rome
Heard it was moving too fast on approach.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 4:01 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Heard the Vapp was 176kts at the threshold. Rwy is configured 10/28. An approach was initially made to Rwy28 and aborted, reconfigured for Rwy10. Monsoon, and an exposed hilltop runway not far from the coast. They may have experienced an unexpected overspeed, but the aircraft should've been able to recover and go around, unless they were fuel exhausted.
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 8/7/20 at 4:07 pm to Reservoir dawg
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Aircraft went down an embankment
Damn embankments need to be banned... RIP Billy Conforto
Posted on 8/7/20 at 4:40 pm to When in Rome
That's insane that a steep embankment is that close to the end of the runway.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 4:47 pm to OchoDedos
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unless they were fuel exhausted
That would line up with the lack of a fire
Landing in a heavy storm like that a headwind could switch into a tailwind quickly, and looks like it already happened as they switched runway directions.
If they were coming in with a tailwind they would most likely be too fast. Couple that with slamming on the brakes with a wet runway and you have the factors present to hydroplane.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 5:06 pm to RedFoxx
Last ADSB report was 224 mph at 2300 feet on final. No doubt they were too fast and couldn’t stop in time.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 5:16 pm to jcaz
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Last ADSB report was 224 mph at 2300 feet on final. No doubt they were too fast and couldn’t stop in time.
Yikes. Way too fast.
I wonder what factored into the decision to not go around or divert.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 5:23 pm to OchoDedos
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Heard the Vapp was 176kts at the threshold. Rwy is configured 10/28. An approach was initially made to Rwy28 and aborted, reconfigured for Rwy10. Monsoon, and an exposed hilltop runway not far from the coast. They may have experienced an unexpected overspeed, but the aircraft should've been able to recover and go around, unless they were fuel exhausted.
That’s what I was gonna say.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 5:30 pm to theunknownknight
I'm scared of airplanes now
Posted on 8/7/20 at 5:34 pm to RedFoxx
Possibly fuel emergency. Lack of fire lends some hint of that.
Someone referenced 176kts at threshold. That’s ridiculously high even for a no flap landing. A normal Vref is around 130-145 kts.
I’m no 737 captain but a 30 knot tailwind is madness.
Someone referenced 176kts at threshold. That’s ridiculously high even for a no flap landing. A normal Vref is around 130-145 kts.
I’m no 737 captain but a 30 knot tailwind is madness.
Posted on 8/7/20 at 5:37 pm to Boo Krewe
16 more Covid deaths
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