India Express B738 at Riyadh and Kochi on Apr 11th 2021, damaged tyre on departure

Last Update: April 11, 2021 / 20:59:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 11, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-1322

Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Destination
Kozhikode, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-AXI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-AXI performing flight IX-1322 (dep Apr 10th) from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to Kozhikode (India) with 160 people on board, departed Riyadh's runway 15R and was enroute at FL350 about 50nm west of Kozhikode and about 100nm northwest of Kochi when the crew decided to not land at Kozhikode's table top runway but divert to Kochi as a safety precaution due to a reported tyre damage on departure. The aircraft landed safely on Kochi's runway 27 about 30 minutes later. The damaged tyre burst after the passengers had disembarked.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VT-GHI delivered the passengers to Kozhikode with a delay of 7 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kochi about 23 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 11, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-1322

Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Destination
Kozhikode, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-AXI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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