India Express B738 at Kozhikode on Feb 24th 2023, technical problem

Last Update: February 24, 2023 / 11:52:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 24, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-385

Departure
Kozhikode, India

Destination
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Registration
VT-AYA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-AYA performing flight IX-385 from Kozhikode (India) to Dammam (Saudi Arabia) with 168 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Kozhikode's runway 10 when the crew stopped the climb at FL120, descended again to 4000 feet for a return to Kozhikode, climbed again to FL090 to divert to Thiruvananthapuram, burned off fuel at FL060 and landed safely on Trivandrum's runway 32 about 2.5 hours after departure.

India's Press Agency PTI claims based on unnamed sources the aircraft may have suffered a tail strike.

There is also information around that the aircraft may have suffered hydraulic issues.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Trivandrum due to some technical issue.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Trivandrum for about 5 hours, then resumed flight IX-385 currently climbing out.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 24, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-385

Departure
Kozhikode, India

Destination
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Registration
VT-AYA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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