- 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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