Spicejet Boeing 737 Overruns Runway on Landing
A Spicejet Boeing 737-800, registration VT-SYK performing flight SG-6237 from Jaipur to Mumbai (India), landed on Mumbai’s runway 27 at about 23:51L (18:21Z) in heavy rain but overran the end of the runway at about 80 knots over ground and came to a stop about 160 meters past the runway end with the nose gear collapsed, the passenger oxygen masks had come down during the overrun. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The runway needed to be closed.
A Spicejet Boeing 737-800, registration VT-SYK performing flight SG-6237 from Jaipur to Mumbai (India), landed on Mumbai’s runway 27 at about 23:51L (18:21Z) in heavy rain but overran the end of the runway at about 80 knots over ground and came to a stop about 160 meters past the runway end with the nose gear collapsed, the passenger oxygen masks had come down during the overrun. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The runway needed to be closed.
The airline reported the aircraft landed in heavy rain and overran the runway. The passengers disembarked normally, there were no injuries amongst passengers and crew.
