India Express B738 at Kochi on Dec 17th 2024, tyre damage on departure

Last Update: December 17, 2024 / 18:03:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 17, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-471

Departure
Kochi, India

Destination
Bahrain, Bahrain

Aircraft Registration
VT-GHD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-GHD performing flight IX-471 from Kochi (India) to Bahrain (Bahrain) with 104 passengers and 8 crew, departed Kochi's runway 09 and climbed to cruise level FL340. The aircraft was enroute over the Arabian Sea about 240nm northwest of Kochi when the crew was informed that tyre debris had been found on the departure runway prompting the crew to return to Kochi. The aircraft performed a low approach to runway 09, positioned for a full stop landing and landed on runway 09 without further incident about 1:45 hours after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration VT-GHE reached Bahrain with a delay of about 5:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kochi about 11 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 17, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India Express

Flight number
IX-471

Departure
Kochi, India

Destination
Bahrain, Bahrain

Aircraft Registration
VT-GHD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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