Created Thursday, Dec 18th 2025 19:21Z, last updated Thursday, Dec 18th 2025 19:21Z
An Air India Express Boeing 737-800, registration VT-GHC performing flight
IX-398 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to Kozhikode (India) with 160 people on board, departed Jeddah's runway 34C and climbed to cruise level 350, later 370 across the Arabian Sea. The crew decided to divert to Kochi (India), about 80nm south of Kozhikhode, suspecting a tyre had burst. The aircraft landed on Kochi's runway 09 but became disabled on the runway with both right hand main tyres deflated. There were no injuries.
The airline reported the crew diverted to Kochi instead of Kozhikode's table top airport as a precaution suspecting one of the tyres had burst on departure from Jeddah.
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