Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Alliance Air ATR-72 struck its tail onto the runway during landing at Diu Airport in India

Regional aircraft ATR-72-212A operated by Alliance Air struck its tail onto the runway during landing at Diu Airport in India. The aircraft was performing a flight 9I-623 from Mumbai to Diu on behalf of Air India. There were no injuries during the accident, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. All the passengers were disembarked at the terminal and the return flight of the aircraft was canceled.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Diu about 35 hours after landing.
The investigation of the accident is underway, but according to preliminary information, ATR-72-212A struck its tail onto the runway due to a human mistake during landing operations.
29/01/19 Svilen Petrov/Wings Herald
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