Archive · 28 May 2025
Air India Flight Aborts Landing in Chennai: Narrow Escape
Imagine a big airplane trying to land.
This plane was coming from Singapore to Chennai.
As it got close to the ground, about 200 feet up, things got tricky.
The plane was coming down too fast, and the wind changed suddenly.
Because of this, the pilots decided to fly the plane back up instead of landing, like they were trying again.
This is called a go-around.
They circled around and tried again, and this time they landed safely!
Everyone on board was okay, and no one got hurt.
Officials are now looking into what happened to make sure it doesn't happen again.
An Air India flight from Singapore aborted landing at Chennai airport.
The aircraft descended to approximately 200 feet before the pilots initiated a go-around.
The go-around was prompted by a high descent rate and unexpected crosswinds.
The flight landed safely on its second attempt, about 30 minutes later.
The incident is under review by authorities.
- Who
- An Air India flight crew and approximately 180 passengers.
- What
- An Air India flight aborted landing at Chennai airport due to unfavorable conditions.
- When
- Wednesday morning.
- Where
- Chennai airport
- Why
- Due to a high descent rate and unexpected crosswinds, causing an unstabilized approach.
- Flight Origin
- Singapore
- Destination
- Chennai
- Aircraft
- Airbus
- Passengers
- Around 180
- Reason for Abort
- High descent rate and crosswinds
- Initial Descent
- Nearly 200 feet
- Outcome
- Safe landing on second attempt