India A20N at Dubai on Dec 20th 2023, hard landing at 3.5G
Last Update: January 2, 2024 / 17:11:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 20, 2023
Classification
Accident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-933
Departure
Cochin, India
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
VT-CIQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport ICAO Code
OMDB
The aircraft remained on the ground until Dec 27th 2023 then positioned to Mumbai (India) maintaining a maximum flight level 090. The aircraft is still on the ground in Mumbai on Jan 2nd 2024.
India's DGCA opened an investigation into the "severe hard landing" stating that fortunately the aircraft apparently did not receive structural damage.
Metars:
OMDB 201200Z 35011KT 320V020 9999 FEW045 26/09 Q1016 NOSIG=
OMDB 201100Z 34009KT 310V010 9999 FEW045 27/09 Q1017 NOSIG=
OMDB 201018Z 35010KT 320V020 9999 FEW045 27/09 Q1017 NOSIG=
OMDB 201000Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW045 28/08 Q1017 NOSIG=
OMDB 200900Z 04004KT 360V070 9999 FEW045 26/09 Q1018 NOSIG=
OMDB 200800Z 36003KT 310V070 9999 FEW045 26/09 Q1020 NOSIG=
OMDB 200700Z 10006KT 060V210 CAVOK 26/11 Q1020 NOSIG=
OMDB 200600Z 09004KT 040V120 CAVOK 25/13 Q1021 NOSIG=
OMDB 200500Z 08004KT CAVOK 22/13 Q1021 NOSIG=
OMDB 200400Z VRB02KT CAVOK 20/14 Q1020 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 20, 2023
Classification
Accident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-933
Departure
Cochin, India
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
VT-CIQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport ICAO Code
OMDB
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