On 18 August 2015, a Boeing 737-800 made three unsuccessful ILS approaches at Cochin around dawn then diverted to Trivandrum where a day VOR approach was unsuccessful and a MAYDAY was declared due low fuel. Two further supposedly visual approaches were attempted there before a third such visual approach - which involved ignoring EGPWS PULL UP Warnings in IMC - was followed by a successful landing with 349kg fuel remaining. The Investigation found that aircraft safety had been jeopardised and that Cochin ATC had not communicated information on the deteriorating weather at Trivandrum. Relevant operator procedures were considered as inadequate.
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On 18 August 2015, a Boeing B737-800 (VT-JFA) being operated by Jet Airways on a scheduled international passenger flight from Doha, Qatar to Cochin India as 9W-555 (JAI 955) was unable to land off three ILS approaches at destination around dawn after failing to obtain the required visual reference at DA and diverted to alternate Trivandrum where, after an also-unsuccessful non-precision approach in day IMC, a MAYDAY was declared for low fuel. Two unsuccessful "visual" approaches to the same runway at Trivandrum then followed before a seventh approach, also "visual" in the reciprocal runway direction led to an ultimately uneventful emergency landing.
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