air india express flight 1344 is approaching to kozikhode internationnal airport india with captain deepak sathe 59 and fo akensi kahar who is 32 the weather is not good with 188 passengers during the pandemic with people returning home from dubai. 50 miles from the airport the crew begin their approaching briefing they ask for a weather update on the visilbillity which is 2000 meters. the airport itself is tricky when can cause anxiety. the runway is on a table top pleatu with deep step offs into a well. it is on a boeing 737-800 which is specially modified for difficult landings. they have the landing lights in sight and the windscreen wipers on when they realise the wipers have failed.but they abandon their landing 500 above minimums half a mile from the airport to try again due to the heavy rain. another crew contact the tower operating air india 425 requesting runway 10 for departure which is a change from runway 28 which will delay the landing of the air india express 1344. which changes the active runway to runway 10 with a visibillity update with 2000 meters with the wind changing. the localiser comes alive and they tell the crew to landing stations 6 miles out as they try the wipers a 2nd time but the captains has too slow a wiper they select flaps 25 and are on the ils in the light rain and are cleared to land 4 miles out and can see the runway before minimums they cross the threshhold and land arming the speed breaks and disarm the autobreaks but they don’t slow down fast enough going off the runway breaks apart killing 21 people of the 190 on board the rain helps with the rescue. 59 aren’t even injured. captain and the fo are among the dead. indias aaib arrive on the scene which is their first on home soil it was during the 2nd wave of covid so there were limitations on working on the investigation but it was all there so there was no breakup in flight. they figure out they were lined up properally and look at where it touched down and the rain had washed away the touched down point and the runway itself was tested for friction but it was standard and look at hydroplaning but theres no evidence and they look at the brakes but nothing wrong there either or the hydrolics. an airport camera points out they landed further down the runway then they should be. the cvr points out the runway change 3 and a half minutes before lanidng after the go around which they say was due to weather. and find out about the other air india flights request of the active runway change and agreeing. they do request clariification of weather conditions which were in limits and even with a tail wind could have happened. they even check the visibillity multiple times which might be concerning. they look at the landing procedure and find in the conditions they should have landed 3000 feet earlier. the crew concerns about the wiper also grabs the investigations attention and this is why the visibillity was a worry to the crew which make them think the cause. it is said it was working but not fast enough and they continue the approach against the rules. the altitude during the approach is confusing the investigations being 40 feet too high in a tail wind. they find to stabilize they pushed the throttles too far forward causing them to float down the runway instead of putting the plane down the weather lead to disorientation for the pilots and find that the thrust reversers and find the fos call for a go around was ignored due to the risk of diverting due to the rules. they look at the captains filght schedule and was on standby for the day after due to the airport rules meaning he had to as the flight the next day to doha would be cancelled due to hours and the airport rules. they look at the operatoins manual and find the disparity in crew. and find out that they weren’t prepared for landing with the distance calculation never done.
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