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Old Aug 7, 2020, 9:43 am
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Air India Plane Skids Off Runway in Kerala - Splits in Two
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53699857

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/air-...hikode-2276039

Hope everyone is okay. Lots of rain there right now.
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 9:46 am
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Wow, that’s not good.
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 10:03 am
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2 fatalities reported so far. Keeping tabs on primary incident sites:

Accident: India Express B738 at Kozhikode on Aug 7th 2020, overran runway and fell into valley

https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=20200807-0
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 10:15 am
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2 fatalities reported so far. Keeping tabs on primary incident sites:
2 plus pilot, so up to three now.
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 11:44 am
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2 plus pilot, so up to three now.
Now saying 16, including pilot and copilot.
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 12:24 pm
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It was a repatriation flight from Dubai.
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 3:03 pm
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Now saying 16, including pilot and copilot.
Not surprising both pilots perished considering front of tube was sheared off.



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Old Aug 7, 2020, 3:13 pm
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Accident: India Express B738 at Kozhikode on Aug 7th 2020, overran runway and fell into valley
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 7:44 pm
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17 dead now... crashed on the third attempt to land... plane filled probably with labourers who were stuck in UAE trying to get home... tragic all around.
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Old Aug 7, 2020, 7:54 pm
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Eerily similar to the Air India Express accident in Mangalore 10 years ago, also a 737 landing in wet conditions on a runway with a sharp drop off. Have to say I’ll probably be extra aware next time I’m on a 737 landing in rain/stormy conditions.

RIP to those who perished and hopes for a speedy recovery for the survivors.
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Old Aug 8, 2020, 12:35 am
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I'll hazard a guess landing long due to tailwind and probably carrying extra speed due to marginal wx like some pilots do. ILS was in service sct 003 isnt great but most ils will get you down to 200ft. Maybe wx was worse than reported, 3 approaches without a divert seems a bit much.
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Old Aug 8, 2020, 8:53 am
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prayers and thoughts to the family and friends ... just cannot fathom what the passengers were going thru
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Old Aug 8, 2020, 9:07 am
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Calicut Air India Crash
Weather and pilots likely cause
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Old Aug 8, 2020, 9:41 am
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hope those who were injured recover soon....very tragic....
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Old Aug 8, 2020, 9:22 pm
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There had been several recommendations over the past 10 years that the CCJ runway needs to have modifications done (e.g. speed retarders constructed at both ends) to enhance safety - but considering that Indian bureaucrats are nincompoops, such actions were never taken - even after the IXE crash 10 years ago!
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