Final Report A320 (VT-ESH) Jaipur Indiam 5 Jan 2014

Final Report A320 (VT-ESH) Jaipur Indiam 5 Jan 2014

Publication info
Author
AAIB (India)
Category
Weather Controlled Flight Into Terrain Human Factors
Date of publication
23/02/2017

On 5 January 2014, an Airbus A320 was unable to land at Delhi due to visibility below crew minima and during subsequent diversion to Jaipur, visibility there began to deteriorate rapidly. A Cat I ILS approach was continued below minima without any visual reference because there were no other alternates within the then-prevailing fuel endurance. The landing which followed was made in almost zero visibility and the aircraft sustained substantial damage after touching down to the left of the runway. The Investigation found that the other possible alternate on departure from Delhi had materially better weather but had been ignored.

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