India A320 at Mumbai on Mar 15th 2016, burst tyres on landing

Last Update: March 15, 2016 / 23:32:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 15, 2016

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-630

Departure
Nagpur, India

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ESL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Air India Airbus A320-200, registration VT-ESL performing flight AI-630 from Nagpur to Mumbai (India) with 161 people on board, landed on Mumbai's runway but burst both aft left main tyres during roll out. The aircraft became disabled while turning off the runway, an emergency evacuation via slides was initiated. A number of passengers received minor injuries in the evacuation.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 15, 2016

Classification
Accident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-630

Departure
Nagpur, India

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ESL

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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