Mumbai : An Air India aircraft operating a Kochi-Mumbai flight veered off the runway at Mumbai’s Airport amid heavy rain Monday. 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.
Air India Spokesperson has said 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.
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. 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.
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