Air India flight from Kochi veers off runway during landing at Mumbai airport, passengers and crew safe
The runway and aircraft suffered minor damage as Air India's Kochi-Mumbai flight skidded off the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport during heavy rain.
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The aircraft sustained minor damage, but was able to proceed to the gates. (Express Photos)An Air India aircraft operating a Kochi-Mumbai flight veered off the runway after touchdown at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) amid heavy rain Monday.
The Airbus A320neo—bearing registration VT-TYA—taxied safely to the gate and all passengers and crew are safe. The plane has been grounded for checks at the Mumbai airport, and minor damages have been reported to the airport’s primary runway—09/27—resulting in the second runway being activated to ensure uninterrupted flight operations at the airport.
“Flight AI2744, operating from Kochi to Mumbai on 21 July 2025, experienced heavy rain during landing, resulting in a runway excursion after touchdown. The aircraft taxied safely to the gate and all passengers and crew members have since disembarked. The aircraft has been grounded for checks. The safety of passengers and crew remain our top priority,” an Air India spokesperson said.
According to sources, the aircraft sustained minor damage, but was able to proceed to the gates, where passengers and crew disembarked. After landing amid heavy rain, the plane skidded off the runway onto an unpaved area for a brief period, but was quickly brought back to the paved surface by the pilots.
The airport in a statement said, “An incoming aircraft from Kochi experienced a runway excursion at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai at 09.27 hours on 21 July 2025. CSMIA’s emergency response teams were immediately activated to manage the runway excursion. All passengers and crew are safe. There are minor damages reported to the airport’s primary runway—09/27. In order to ensure continuity of operations, the Secondary Runway 14/32—has been activated. At CSMIA, safety always remains our highest priority”.
The Mumbai airport has two intersecting runways and only one can operate at a time, making the airport one of the world’s busiest single-runway operation airports.
As per flight tracking data, the aircraft departed from Kochi at 7.43 am and landed at the Mumbai airport at 9.27 am. The aircraft involved—VT-TYA—is a four-year-old A320neo and earlier operated in the Vistara fleet before the airline’s merger with Air India.
The plane skidded during continuous rain in Mumbai and the surrounding areas. On Monday morning, the suburbs of Mumbai received 115 mm of rain while only 11 mm was recorded in Colaba, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD issued an orange alert for the city and its suburban districts, warning of moderate to heavy rain at some places over the next few hours.
Flight operations from Mumbai airport were diverted to the secondary runway, with inspection and repair work on the affected portion of the main runway starting. The operations at the airport, however, remained unaffected.
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