B738, Calicut (Kozhikode) India, 2020

B738, Calicut (Kozhikode) India, 2020

Summary

On 7 August 2020, a Boeing 737-800 making its second attempt to land at Calicut off a night ILS approach with a significant tailwind component became unstabilised and touched down approximately half way down the 2,700 metre-long wet table top runway and departed the end of it at 85 knots before continuing through the RESA and a fence and then dropping sharply onto a road. This caused the fuselage to separate into three pieces with 97 of the 190 occupants including both pilots being fatally or seriously injured and 34 others sustaining minor injuries. Significant fuel spillage occurred but there was no fire.

Description

On 7 August 2020, a Boeing 737-800 (VT-AXH) being operated by Air India Express on an ad hoc repatriation flight from Dubai to Calicut as AXH1344 touched down half way along the ‘table top’ runway at destination after an ILS approach in night VMC, The aircraft overran the end of the wet runway before subsequently dropping over 100 feet down a hill, which resulted in the fuselage breaking into three pieces with 21 occupant fatalities including both pilots and 76 others with serious injuries and 34 with minor injuries. 

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) The DFDR and two-hour CVR were recovered from the wreckage and all the data from both was successfully downloaded. Recorded ATC data and airport CCTV footage was also available.

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