An emergency was announced at the Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala on Friday, just a few hours back. The alert was declared as a Dammam-bound Air India Express flight can land at this airport. Flight IX 385 diverted here from Calicut and made the landing in Thiruvananthapuram at about 12:15 PM. The flight faced issues suspecting a hydraulic failure. What really happened inside? Let’s take a look at that!
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The flight began its journey from Calicut airport at 9:14 AM but the pilot sensed the fear of hydraulic failure and immediately informed about the same. Suspecting the fear of hydraulic failure, the crew took the decision for landing at the airport in Kerala’s capital. The plan was to land the Air India Express flight at the Thiruvananthapuram airport at 11:03 AM but the landing did not go accordingly.
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Instead, the flight was orbiting over the Arabian Sea and dumping the fuel into the sea near Vizhinjam to decrease the weight of the flight. Dumping of fuel helps in the process of a safe landing. The flight was carrying 176 passengers and 6 crew members.
At first, the crew wanted to land at the Nedumbassery Airport but they had to let go of the plan as there could be issues on an emergency landing. And then they chose the Thiruvananthapuram international airport for the landing.
The Good News Is That It Was A Safe Landing!
After the Air India Express flight landed properly at the Trivandrum International Airport post a scary experience in the mid-air, the officials shared that any casualties were not reported and it was a safe landing too.
While taking off from the Calicut airport in the morning, the flight faced a tail strike on the airport’s runway. Along with the tail hit, reports are saying that the hydraulic gear got impaired as well, according to a report by the New Indian Express.
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Further, Air India Express has shared in a statement that the reason behind the emergency landing was technical problems. With this, the Director General of Civil Aviation has already made an order for investigating the emergency case that happened with Air India Express.
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