India Express B738 near Thiruvananthapuram on Feb 19th 2021, hydraulic failure

Last Update: February 19, 2021 / 16:10:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-1346

Departure
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Destination
Kozhikode, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-AXX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-AXX performing flight IX-1346 from Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) to Kozhikode (India) with 104 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 350nm northwest of Thiruvananthapuram when the crew decided to divert to Thiruvananthapuram due to a hydraulic failure and set course towards Thiruvananthapuram. The aircraft landed safely on runway 32 about one hour after the decision to divert.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VT-GHI reached Kozhikode with a delay of 5.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Thiruvananthapuram (aka Trivandrum) about 9 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2021

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-1346

Departure
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Destination
Kozhikode, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-AXX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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