Spicejet 703 off Rwy 27 in BOM
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Spicejet 703 off Rwy 27 in BOM
Looks like runway 27 will be out of service for a while...
SpiceJet flight overshoots runway at Mumbai airport due to rains, gets stuck in mud : India, News - India Today
I believe this is SpiceJet's first runway excursion since the one last month
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Spicejet aircraft skids, veers off runway while landing at Calicut International Airport - Mysuru Today
SpiceJet flight overshoots runway at Mumbai airport due to rains, gets stuck in mud
All 183 passengers on the Varanasi-Mumbai Flight SG-703 have been safely deplaned and taken to the arrival hall.
IndiaToday.in | Posted by Bijin Jose
New Delhi, September 19, 2017 | UPDATED 23:49 IST
A passenger plane overshot on landing at Mumbai airport due to wet surface following rains.
All 183 passengers on the Varanasi-Mumbai Flight SG-703 have been safely deplaned and taken to the arrival hall.
The SpiceJet flight got stuck in mud at the airport. Following the incident chutes were deployed for passengers to be evacuated.
The incident took place on the Runway 27, which has now been shut for flight operations.
All 183 passengers on the Varanasi-Mumbai Flight SG-703 have been safely deplaned and taken to the arrival hall.
IndiaToday.in | Posted by Bijin Jose
New Delhi, September 19, 2017 | UPDATED 23:49 IST
A passenger plane overshot on landing at Mumbai airport due to wet surface following rains.
All 183 passengers on the Varanasi-Mumbai Flight SG-703 have been safely deplaned and taken to the arrival hall.
The SpiceJet flight got stuck in mud at the airport. Following the incident chutes were deployed for passengers to be evacuated.
The incident took place on the Runway 27, which has now been shut for flight operations.
I believe this is SpiceJet's first runway excursion since the one last month
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Spicejet aircraft skids, veers off runway while landing at Calicut International Airport
August 4, 2017 CTBUREAU_NAV
Prime News, National, Kozhikode (Kerala), August 4:- Sixty-eight passengers on board a Spicejet aircraft from Chennai had a miraculous escape when it skidded and veered off the runway while landing at the Calicut International Airport at nearby Karipur today, airport officials said.
Airport officials said that a few guiding lights on the runway were damaged as the aircraft swerved slightly to the left side of the runway after landing at 8.30 am, they said. No passenger was injured and all of them disembarked safely, they said.
The airline sources said two of their flights from here to Chennai and Bengaluru were cancelled following the incident.
August 4, 2017 CTBUREAU_NAV
Prime News, National, Kozhikode (Kerala), August 4:- Sixty-eight passengers on board a Spicejet aircraft from Chennai had a miraculous escape when it skidded and veered off the runway while landing at the Calicut International Airport at nearby Karipur today, airport officials said.
Airport officials said that a few guiding lights on the runway were damaged as the aircraft swerved slightly to the left side of the runway after landing at 8.30 am, they said. No passenger was injured and all of them disembarked safely, they said.
The airline sources said two of their flights from here to Chennai and Bengaluru were cancelled following the incident.
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Looks like the runway will be back open at 5Z:
A1656/17 NOTAMN
Q) VABF/QMRXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709191700 C) 1709200500
E) RWY 09/27 NOT AVBL DUE DISABLED ACFT.
Q) VABF/QMRXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709191700 C) 1709200500
E) RWY 09/27 NOT AVBL DUE DISABLED ACFT.
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I’m actually surprised this does not happen more often.
Unless things have changed, you will not find a single grooved runway in India.
You can get the spoilers out, but you bounce along the uneven surface with your wheels hardly in contact with the ground. Add standing water and it gets really fun.
27 is really long, but has a 500 m or so underrun.
Not to mention the chance of running into a heavy rainshower anytime during the approach. Or just after landing.
Expect anything, including someone stealing the localizer antenna.
Unless things have changed, you will not find a single grooved runway in India.
You can get the spoilers out, but you bounce along the uneven surface with your wheels hardly in contact with the ground. Add standing water and it gets really fun.
27 is really long, but has a 500 m or so underrun.
Not to mention the chance of running into a heavy rainshower anytime during the approach. Or just after landing.
Expect anything, including someone stealing the localizer antenna.
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You are right, I've been misreading these cryptograms for a while now. 
Here's the latest estimate:
Now, about that skopograph... 
More BOM nostalgia from 2004:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/1...7-loc-bom.html
Here's the latest estimate:
A1672/17 NOTAMR A1663/17
Q) VABF/QMRXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709201207 C) 1709201630 EST
E) RWY 09/27 NOT AVBL DUE DISABLED ACFT.
Q) VABF/QMRXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709201207 C) 1709201630 EST
E) RWY 09/27 NOT AVBL DUE DISABLED ACFT.
A1670/17 NOTAMN
Q) VABF/QFMAU/IV/BO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709200930 C) 1709220930
E) RWY09 SKOPOGRAPH U/S DUE TECH FAULT.
Q) VABF/QFMAU/IV/BO/A/000/999/
A) VABB B) 1709200930 C) 1709220930
E) RWY09 SKOPOGRAPH U/S DUE TECH FAULT.
Theft of equipment hampers flights at Mumbai
From Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) Flights to and from India's commercial capital were delayed by almost an hour for the past few days after air traffic control equipment was stolen from the city's airport, officials said Friday.
They said flights landing at Mumbai airport have had to make do with visual contact after a "localiser", part of the Instrument Landing System, was stolen Tuesday from the main runway.
Instrument Landing Systems are primarily used when visibility is poor due to fog.
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Absence of "localiser" upsets flight schedule :
Mumbai, Dec 16 : Flights into and out of Mumbai continued to be delayed for the second day today due to non-availability of the "localiser", an integral component of the Instrument Landing System (ILS), on the main runway-27.
The localiser, which guides the aircraft to the centre line of the runway, was found stolen around 1730 hrs on Tuesday, AAI regional executive director S R R Rao said adding a localiser was being fabricated and should be installed by tomorrow.
"The localiser, antenna rods made of aluminium which radiate electronic waves and forms part of the ILS, hardly has any material value and we are surprised that this could have happened", he said.
Flights were today delayed by 30 to 45 minutes because of delayed arrivals and stacking up of flights over the city.
From Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) Flights to and from India's commercial capital were delayed by almost an hour for the past few days after air traffic control equipment was stolen from the city's airport, officials said Friday.
They said flights landing at Mumbai airport have had to make do with visual contact after a "localiser", part of the Instrument Landing System, was stolen Tuesday from the main runway.
Instrument Landing Systems are primarily used when visibility is poor due to fog.
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Absence of "localiser" upsets flight schedule :
Mumbai, Dec 16 : Flights into and out of Mumbai continued to be delayed for the second day today due to non-availability of the "localiser", an integral component of the Instrument Landing System (ILS), on the main runway-27.
The localiser, which guides the aircraft to the centre line of the runway, was found stolen around 1730 hrs on Tuesday, AAI regional executive director S R R Rao said adding a localiser was being fabricated and should be installed by tomorrow.
"The localiser, antenna rods made of aluminium which radiate electronic waves and forms part of the ILS, hardly has any material value and we are surprised that this could have happened", he said.
Flights were today delayed by 30 to 45 minutes because of delayed arrivals and stacking up of flights over the city.
I’m actually surprised this does not happen more often.
This sounds like an airline with fundamental safety issues, like most LCC that grow faster than their training and management can manage. But monsoon rains should be a legitimate excuse, just make sure that the passengers are briefed prior to departure so that can get off if they feel uncomfortable....
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Operating in India during the monsoon season carries an increased operational risk, like it or not. Those of us who have been there knows.
Can’t comment on Spicejet or the standard of the company. I know nothing about them.
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not only India, at least once per winter, somebody takes a trip into a snowbank in the USA as well...risk increases with operational frequency increase...the more flights in inclement conditions, the greater the chance of a boo-boo...
just happens. There is always a potential unknown factor ready to bite you, no matter how well you are prepared.
