IX 1344
7 Aug 2020 · Runway Overruns & ExcursionsAIR INDIA EXPRESS FLIGHT 1344
Boeing 737-800 · Air India Express · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Fast, long landing on a wet tabletop runway
Tabletop runway
Landing distance
Wet runway friction
Aircraft
Boeing 737-800
Air India Express
Route
Dubai (DXB), UAE
→ Kozhikode (CCJ), India
People
190 on board
21 fatalities
Date
7 Aug 2020
Flight crew
Captain: Deepak Sathe
Category
Runway Overruns & Excursions
When the runway runs out.
THE STORY
A fast, long landing on a wet tabletop runway in monsoon rain. The 737 slid off the edge and broke in two in the gorge below.