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5 January 2014

Air India flight AI-890 , Airbus A320 registration VT-ESH from Guwahati to Delhi , India with 173 people on board it was approaching Delhi airport but because of poor weather conditions diverted to Jaipur.At the time that airplane arrived at Jaipur airport visibility it was also below minima , so the crew had to do an emergency landing there(fuel also was minimum).Airplane landed at Jaipur airport on runway 27 with almost zero visibility but veered off the runway to the left , burst some tyres , damaged the landing gears and the left wing contacted with an object causing the brake of it.Nobody injured but airplane received substantial damage

On 7 January 2014 the India's Authorities reported that airplane at the time of landing it was with minimum fuel , and visibility it was almost zero.Airplane touch down outside the runway center line , went off the runway into ground and grass and the left hand wing contacted an object causing damage.Damage also received the landing gears

 

Jaipur airport it has runway 09/27 with lenght 9170 feet/2795 meters and it has ILS approach for 27 runway

 

On 21 January the French BEA reported that the aircraft diverted to Jaipur due visibility below minima at Delhi. The aircraft landed on soft ground to the left of runway and the port wing hit the trees.Major damage to port wing and LH main LG bogie

 

VT-ESH


© Sriram Hariharan

First Flight:11-02-1994

Age:19.9 years

Engines:2x IAE V2500-A1

 

photos from twitter

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Jaipur airport

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