Boeing 737-800 crash, Aug 7, 2020 (21 killed), Kozhikode-...
Boeing 737-800 accident on August 7, 2020 near Kozhikode-Calicut, Kerala, India with 21 fatalities. Cause: Pilot flying did not follow SOPs, continued...
- Date: August 7, 2020
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Kozhikode-Calicut, Kerala, India
- Fatalities: 21
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot flying did not follow SOPs, continued an unstabilised approach and landed beyond the touchdown zone despite a go around call. Pilot monitoring failed to take over and go around.
A Boeing 737 800 on a repatriation flight from Dubai landed in rain on the tabletop runway at Kozhikode after an unstabilised approach, touching down about halfway along the runway. The aircraft overran, fell into a valley and broke into pieces, killing 21 people including both pilots. The AAIB blamed the pilot flying for not following procedures and the pilot monitoring for not taking over to go around.