- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 07, 2020 |
Time: | 1914 |
Location: | Calicut, India |
Operator: | Air India Exppress |
Flight #: | IX344 |
Route: | Dubai - Calicut |
AC Type: | Boeing 737-8HG |
Registration: | VT-AXH |
cn / ln: | 36323/2108 |
Aboard: | 190 (passengers:184 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 20 (passengers:18 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The flight IX344 suffered a runway excursion while landing at Kozhikode-Calicut Airport in heavy rain. The nose section separated from the fuselage after going down a steep slope at the end of the runway. The pilot and copilot were among the dead. Non adherence to SOP by the pilot flying F as he continued an unstabilized approach and landed beyond the touchdown zone, half way down the runway, in spite of ‘Go Around’ call by PM which warranted a mandatory Go Around and the failure of the PM to take over controls and execute a Go Around. |
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