Final Investigation Report Spicejet B738 (VT-SGU) Delhi India, 5 Jan 2014

Final Investigation Report Spicejet B738 (VT-SGU) Delhi India, 5 Jan 2014

Publication info
Author
AAIB (India)
Category
Weather
Date of publication
28/02/2017

On 5 January 2014, a Boeing 737-800 operating a domestic flight into Dehli diverted to Jaipur due to destination visibility being below approach minima but had to break off the approach there when the aircraft ahead was substantially damaged during landing, blocking the only runway. There was just enough fuel to return to Dehli as a MAYDAY flight and successfully land below applicable minima and with minimal fuel remaining. The Investigation found that a different alternate with better weather conditions would have been more appropriate and that the aircraft operator had failed to provide sufficient ground-based support to the flight.

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