ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232964
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| Date: | Saturday 15 February 2020 |
| Time: | 02:38 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A321-211 |
| Owner/operator: | Air India |
| Registration: | VT-PPU |
| MSN: | 4096 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B3/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 187 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Pune Airport (PNQ/VAPO) -
 India
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Pune-Lohegaon Airport (PNQ/VAPO) |
| Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Air India flight AI852, an Airbus A321-211 suffered a tailstrike during take-off from runway 10 at Pune Airport, India.
During take-off roll while at 120 knots, the crew saw a jeep and a person on the runway, to avoid conflict they did an early rotation.
Probable Cause of the Incident
The cause for tail strike was the presence of a vehicle on the runway, which led to the flight crew having prematurely rotate the aircraft before attaining VR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ndtv.com/pune-news/air-india-plane-damaged-trying-to-dodge-man-jeep-on-pune-runway-2180619
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vt-ppu#23de6c64
https://aaib.gov.in/Reports/2020/SeriousIncident/VT_PPU_PUNE.pdf
Media:
Incident :
— Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) February 15, 2020
- Air India @Airbus A321 aircraft VT-PPU doing Pune - Delhi AI-852 had a tail strike during take-off today.
- On arrival at @DelhiAirport damage observed on fuselage skin and frames
- Aircraft withdrawn from service for @DGCAIndia investigation. @AviationSafety. pic.twitter.com/O0l44cJcP9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2020 09:08 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Added |
| 15-Feb-2020 09:11 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2020 09:14 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2020 21:13 | harro | Updated [Location] |
| 10-Jul-2021 15:27 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2021 15:29 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report] |
| 10-Jul-2021 15:30 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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