Dubai - Mangaluru AI Express veers off runway - All safe

Sun, Jul 16 2017 09:28:47 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangaluru, Jul 16 : An Air India Express flight IX 814, that landed on Sunday, July 16 early morning at Mangaluru International Airport from Dubai, made the 185 passenges anxious as it 'momentarily' veered off the runway due to poor weather conditions, according to the Airport Authority of India officials.

"There was nothing to panic. Everything was alright. No passegnegers was injured. Aircraft was also not damaged. It was raining heavily at the irport during early morning hours when the incident took place." said an eye witness.

The pilots of the flight - IX814 - were able to bring the Boeing 737 back to the runway's centre line after it skidded.

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The flight was reportedly carrying 185 people - including two infants - when the incident took place.

"Just as the aircraft was about to touch down, there was sudden gust of wind and heavy rain. The aircraft skidded to the right momentarily after the touch down. But got back to the center line thereafter," Air India Express CEO Shyam Sundar was quoted as saying.

"There was no discomfort or injury to any passenger. Post arrival inspection of the aircraft revealed no damages." he added.

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Mushtaq Paniyadi, Paniyadi, Udupi / Dubai.
Tue, Jul 18 2017
Almight has saved, Bajpe Mangalore Airport Authority allow some Good Airlines to Operate DXB-IXE like Emirates, Etihad, or Fly Dubai who can take care of human lifes

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Af,,, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
use of technology in future days instaed of tar on runway track why some some alternate water observing runway roads,

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JK, Udupi/Dubai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
It is better to speed up the work for another Airport at Padubidri.

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Joseph, Qatar
Mon, Jul 17 2017
And also speed up the statutory compliances and procedures EVEN quicker for Air India to be handed over officially to Indigo Airlines (projected) in the wake of jolting passengers and jittery losses accumulated since several years now.

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Mithun, Dubai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
This is serious issue and this airport is very dangers to central govt should focus on this mater and should plan for new airport in ground level near udupi #close manglore airport .

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A.Rahman, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Thanks to Almighty that all 185 on board passengers are safely reached home. The comments from
CEO Shyam Sundar is totally base less just to support and save their organization. Sudden gust of wind and heavy rain will not topple the air craft. Lack of experience is the main cause.
With the TAG of budget airline AIR INDIA EXPRESS should not low grade HUMAN LIFE.

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Abdulla, Mangalore
Tue, Jul 18 2017
Are you a troll or what? The aircraft did not topple. Just because you might have flown in a plane does not mean you know how it flies. I can safely assume that you are not a pilot. Thanks to The Almighty.

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Ramesh Shankar, Bengalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
When it lands here everyone get free backpain. Looks like flight lands from Parachute.

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Arun, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
By end of this year kannur airport is going to function so no need to worry for mangaloreans.....because of kannur airport and the distance between two airports mangalore airport never going to upgrade...Thanks to all useless MP and MLA s from both the parties....vote them always

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mathew, valencia
Mon, Jul 17 2017
allow more flights to Managalore from all Gulf. Why only Air India express from Managalore allowed. it Look like too much monopoly at Managlore

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SMT, Mangalore/Dubai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Our Mangalore city is geographically blessed with coastal line and also which is not surrounded by mountain ranges we can have a safest airport with long runways at par with other airports like Mumbai/ Dubai/Chennai/Kochin.

But it is our Bad luck that even though we have flat surfaces in city we have airport on table top. :-(

Our government is investing on expanding this table where there is no margin for error, rather they should take immediate action to have a airport in some other safest location.

Money is not more important than lives of our people

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MrIsmail, mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Alhamdulillah

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GOPAL SHETTY, Miyapadavu,Saudi Arabia
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Mangalore is blessed with beautiful coastal line and kudos to the Pilots for safe landed.

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Flavian, Mangalore/KUwait
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Rainy season particularly, heavy rains is the only concern while landing at Mangalore Airport. Even during dry season, passengers normally feel the jerk & type of physiological fear, whilst landing in Mangalore. Rest in God’s hands. Keep praying.

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Ahmed K.C., Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Thank God all are safe.
May be the reason for skid is "PAMAJE" on the runway.

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Vishal, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Why don't we look at this incident from a positive angle? It is well known that landing in heavy rains is not an easy job and particularly when the runway is short. Why don't we appreciate the ingenuity of the pilot who controlled the aircraft admiringly well as soon as he realised that it had skidded to the right. Full marks to the Air India pilot for a job very well done.

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Everyday is not Sunday ...

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George, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Thank God for coming to the rescue, do too thanks to he pilots and the crew for safe landing of the aircraft.
May be if we change the name of the Airport from "Bajpe" to any other name .... (Flight Rakshak Airport)might help to avoid such incidents.

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Mangaluru is blessed with a beautiful coast line.
Why cant we have a Genuine International Airport in the Sea ...

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Vincent Rodrigues, Bengaluru/Katapadi
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Quite dangerous when the monsoon set in coastal area which need to be tackled

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Socialist, Udupi
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Why always Air India flight making troubles in Mangal0re with runway short reason!!! How other pilots land their flight without any issue's...??? When government issues selection notification they always want go-getters for the job.... but later performance is very very poor... where they go wrong? ? Wrong selection on candidates? Or curruption in selection?? Or neglegency of pilots because any performance government will pay them for sure..

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Sandeep, Delhi
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Air India has best pilots in India, if not in the world. I know this because I am an Air Traffic Controller and I see hundreds of Air India planes landing and taking off safely every day. Most of the pilots are simply best.

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Jay, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Because Emirates doesn't fly to mangalore
Earlier it was Jet which had skidded, yes IA tragedy, but now al saftey for the touch down in place

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Mangaluru is already a smart city without a Genuine International Airport ...

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WALTER MONTEIRO, BELMAN/ABUDHABI
Mon, Jul 17 2017
hi Jossy there is plan for built a new big airport near Padubidri. wait and watch. good news for us. Please welcome this move rather than objection.

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Shankara, shirtadi
Mon, Jul 17 2017
And That plan is cancelled from central because some corrupt politicians where not able to get their profit..

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John Tauro, M'luru / Kwt
Mon, Jul 17 2017
The earlier plan by the experts committee was to construct runway from Bajpe Town (near present Police Station) towards Old Airport at Adyapadi (north to south). It could have been done at lesser cost than going in for the present new runway on hilltop. Unfortunately this too was shelved off by politicians who did not see huge benefits for them.

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RDSOUZA, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Most of the Air India Express Pilots are political appointees.

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Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
D'Souza Saab...Don't scare the people like me....we frequently use Air-India Express to travel to Mangalore rather than going through Mumbai!!!

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Chris, Mumbai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
The second incident hope the authorities do a proper investigation in this matter and check all legal docs pertaining to the route flight the load and trim of the aircraft is a must because same is handled by appointed ground handling agents at Dxb apt who work. With great stress

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Joe Gonsalves, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Kudos to the pilots. Good job done.

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Shankar, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
People who have landed in Dusseldorf during spring would not have complained about this incidence !

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Leslie, udupi
Mon, Jul 17 2017
Never panic...
God is great...
Life is often limited...
Never e stupid...
Be always straight and candid....

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Lancer, Mudarangadi
Mon, Jul 17 2017
It's normal. Even express buses also skid on highway during rain.

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SB, Mlore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
The issue here is the airport not being equipped with the accurate weather forecast equiwnt or there was a sudden unexpected tail wind or cross wind due to monsoon effect (we cannot preditct or fight the nature) or any other sort of ususpected unwelcome wind factor during the touch down .

Pilots actoss the words are trained to and such surprise wind factors . One may see vedio about aircraft as big as A380s or B747's dancing around in cross winds while landing especially in Europe weather. The pilots in the are professional well trained and prepared for such a sort if apprach that they touchdown sliding sideways and then correct the center line with the nose wheel with the center line for a normal approac h. Some time pilots at last moment decide to abort landing and go around for another attempt to land in case of uncontrollable situation.

However Mangalore has a additianl risk factor of being table top runway and not much extra legroom for error or correction. Pilots have to be prepared for adverse weathe condition while landing especially during monsoon or abort landing or divert in case of adverse weather condition. Additianl aiports should have better mordern weather predicting equipments that may confirm the conditions for a safe landing for the aircraft.

For the timebeing let's praise and pray for the Lord above for averting a mishap. We love our aiport . It's a different feeling to fly in and out internationally at least to gulf from our airport directly compared to taking connecting flights . Let's hope IXE improves.

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JNB, Mangalore-Mumbai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
SB < Mangalore,

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However Mangalore has a additianl risk factor of being table top runway and not much extra legroom for error or correction.
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*Only few people understand this, see the runway at the end you can see big valley,if God forbidden- if at all Pilot had to stop the flight at the end due to unavoidable circumstances - is there any chance or hope? he has to take-off and fly,by no chance he can stop the flight!

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Augustine Daniel DSouza, Udupi / Mumbai / STATE OF KUWAIT.
Sun, Jul 16 2017
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ all 185 passengers are safe.

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Beowulf, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
You praising is all fine.....but whome to blame for 2010?

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Canute Mathias, Mudarangadi/Dubai
Sun, Jul 16 2017
My favourite flight to Mangalore. May God protect it always. I travelled through this flight many times not facing any issues and delay.

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Francis Fernandes, Mangalore
Sun, Jul 16 2017
This is the second time a flight from Dubai to Mlore facing the same problem in mlore airport while landing. Thanks to the authorities for increasing the length of the runway after 1 horrific experience in the past. I am sure people would stop boarding AI flights if passengers travelling from Dubai had other alternative direct flights.

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Hemanth Fernandes, Mangalore/Dubai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
You have no other work, but counting mistakes Mr. Francis.
When the announcement is made to close all electronic items and mobiles, how many do follow that???
As soon as the flight lands, many of them start un-buckling even after asked to be seated till the flight stops, do you follow safety instructions???
People make nuisance inside flight if the flight is diverted for genuine reasons, why do they need to do that, you ever understand that. Isn't it for our safety.
There are such many things, we ourself are responsible and we need to first correct them and then start complaining.....
God Bless all those who travel and thank god for every successful journey and pray for all those who travel everyday to anywhere.

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Marian D'Souza, Falnir - Mangalore
Sun, Jul 16 2017
Praise The Lord. Trust Him and you shall be safe.

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Victor, Hubli/Bantwal
Sun, Jul 16 2017
Praise the Lord. All are safe.

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Mateen, Manglore
Sun, Jul 16 2017
Thank God

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Indian, Mangalore
Sun, Jul 16 2017
This is flying government bus. Pathetic service and condition of the aircraft inside.

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Clifford, Mangalore
Mon, Jul 17 2017
This is profit making subsidiary of Air India.

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JNB, Mangalore-Mumbai
Sun, Jul 16 2017
Mangalore Airport is not suitable for international Flights because runway is less than International required length.

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manzar ahmed, bajpe/dubai
Sun, Jul 16 2017
Lol...! what do you mean by international flights... it is a boeing 737-800. even the domestic carriers like jet airways have the same aircraft.

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Jason, Mangalore
Sun, Jul 16 2017
What is International required length? There's no domestic or international runway length.
The runway length at Bajpe is more than adequate to handle the aircrafts that fly and land here.
No one is going to use this runway for a B747 or a A380

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Kishore, Mangalore
Sun, Jul 16 2017
JNB,
Can you elaborate on International required length and National required length for flights?

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JNB, Mangalore-Mumbai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
*usually require at least 8,000 ft (2,438 m) at sea level and somewhat more at higher altitude airports.
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On 19 August 1981, Indian Airlines Flight 557, a HAL 748 VT-DXF overshot the 5,783 feet (1,763 m) old runway 27 at Mangalore-Bajpe Airport in wet weather. The aircraft came to a halt just beyond the runway edge. While there were no fatalities, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was written off. One of the passengers was Veerappa Moily, then Finance Minister of Karnataka. An investigation revealed that the pilot had not set the aircraft's flaps to the correct position for landing, and the aircraft had landed long on the runway and at excessive speed. The runway had a downslope and the aircraft had landed with a tailwind.
On 22 May 2010, Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737-800 VT-AXV, flying on the Dubai-Mangalore route, overshot the 8,033 feet (2,448 m) runway number 06/24, killing 158 people, including 6 crew; only 8 survived. The aircraft crashed when it overshot the runway and veered into a steep gorge at the end of the runway. The starboard wing impacted the concrete socket of the instrument landing system localiser antenna, rendering it unusable. This resulted in delayed or cancelled flights for two weeks during the monsoon rains, which reduced visibility. It took the airport a little under a month to repair and calibrate the ILS and bring it back online.

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Cletus, Mlore/ Dubai
Sun, Jul 16 2017
Aircrafts which ply at Ixe airport are all Boeing 737-800 , Airbus 320 and ATR 72 aircrafts . These aircraft need 6500ft - 7000ft runway which is more available at IXE airport .. Lol there is nothing called as international or domestic runway .

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Danish, Mangalore
Sun, Jul 16 2017
JNB, Mangalore-Mumbai.

Let me help here. What JNB meant was the Runway is a bit short rather squeezed. Yes, there is no prescribed length as such. I don't blame JNB for his comment. Why do you think the Government, DGCA & AAI accepted the proposal to extend the Runway Length by acquiring land and so on? Ask yourself. When the Government agrees it's unsafe and that the Runway needs an extension, I find no fault in supporting JNB's comment. But yes, he has placed his comment in a different way, that's what I feel.

Do you like a Runway with extra pavement or like the one's we have in Mangalore? I would certainly preferred the first one. Mentally we feel safe thinking the Aircraft will halt even if it overshoots the Runway, and also has extra room on both the sides incase of skidding. And even cases of overshooting, the Piolt can increase speed and take-off again, wherein in Mangalore Airport s case it's not possible. We all know what happened previously. So chances of casualty during crashes is meagre.

Nevertheless, there have been instances where the Aircraft still crashed with heavy casualty with the first choice. But atleast there's some hope.

Mangalore Airport and few other table top Runways needs highly skilled Pilot including the one's who averted a major tragedy today. Applaud to the Pilot for his/her skills.

I fear to fly from Mangalore too. Everybody does. It's natural that after a previous Tragedy, people do get feared and comment. It's not like the Accident can never happen again, it can. But we need to be brave too.

But life and death is a part of life. Tragedy can struck anywhere anytime.
But yes, we do can minimise it to a certain extent.

Therefore kindly do not get into any mudslinging ,rather be glad that the Aircraft along with the passengers are safe and a would be major Tragedy has been averted.
Last but not the least, all are enlightened to their comments, but the good the better.

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S. M. Nawaz Kukkikatte, Dubai
Mon, Jul 17 2017
We cannot ignore JNB point of view. Mangalore recognised bad remarks one of dangors table top airport in world. Healthy expandable not possible in future development. That's what they proposed padubidri land for airport purppse .

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