India Express B738 at Mangalore on Jul 16th 2017, temporary runway excursion on landing

Last Update: July 16, 2017 / 18:02:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IX-814

Destination
Mangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-GHE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport ICAO Code
VOML

An Air India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-GHE performing flight IX-814 (dep Jul 15th) from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Mangalore (India) with 185 people on board, landed in Mangalore at about 04:45L (23:15Z Jul 15th) but veered right off the runway and struck a number of runway edge lights before returning to the runway center line. There were no injuries, the aircraft received minor if any damage. A number of runway edge lights were broken.

The airline reported at the time of touch down there was a sudden gust and heavy rain. The aircraft contacted a number of runway edge lights and returned to the runway center line. There were no injuries, the aircraft did not sustain any damage. A number of runway edge lights were broken however.

Metars:
VOML 160100Z 00000KT 4000 BR FEW006 SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
VOML 160030Z 00000KT 4000 BR FEW006 SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1009 TEMPO 3000 RA BR=
VOML 160000Z 00000KT 4000 BR FEW006 SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOML 152330Z 27004KT 4000 BR FEW006 SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOML 152300Z 00000KT 4000 BR FEW006 SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOML 152230Z 00000KT 3000 -RA BR FEW005 SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1008 NOSIG=
VOML 152200Z 00000KT 4000 BR SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1008 TEMPO 3000 BR=
VOML 152130Z 00000KT 4000 BR SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
VOML 152100Z 00000KT 4000 BR SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
VOML 151930Z 00000KT 5000 BR SCT012 BKN080 23/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 16, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
IX-814

Destination
Mangalore, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-GHE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport ICAO Code
VOML

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