On 30 June, an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 (VT-AYA) operated flight IX384 between Dubai, U.A.E. and Mangalore, India. During landing, however, the aircraft overshot the runway. There were no injuries among the 183 passengers and crew members.
An #AirIndia Express #IX384, #Boeing 737-800(VT-AYA) aircraft, with 183 people on board from #Dubai to #Mangalore overshot the runway during landing on Sunday evening.All passengers & the crew are safe.*Pictures by unknown.#flightmodeblog #flightmode #aviation #avgeek #incident pic.twitter.com/wxJ7GNL7Vi
— FlightMode (@FlightModeblog) June 30, 2019
One day later, on 1 July, the airline suffered another mishap: a Boeing 737-800 (VT-AXM) was operating flight IX382 between Dammam King Fahd Airport, Saudi Arabia and Kozhikode Calicut Airport, India with 180 passengers on board when – during landing – the tail of the aircraft struck the runway.
“There was a tail strike on landing,” an Air India Express spokesman said, “the aircraft has been checked thoroughly and there was no damage. The plane is now being released to operate a flight to Sharjah.”
Featured image by Konstantin von Wedelstaedt – http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-India-Express/Boeing-737-8HG/1348640/L/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10396380
