SpiceJet runs off the runway – Oxygen masks deployed..

A Spicejet aircraft performing flight SG-6237 from Jaipur International Airport (JAI/VIJP) to Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB) landed on Mumbai's runway 27 at about 23:51L (18:21Z) on Monday night in extremely heavy rain but overran the end of the runway at about 80 knots over ground and came to a stop about 160 meters past the end of the runway with the nose gear collapsed. The passenger oxygen masks had come down during the overrun. There were “Mild injuries to 3-4 passengers but the rest all ok.” a passenger told reporters. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The main runway needed to be closed officials said, but the secondary runway has been put into operation causing a backlog in traffic. Mumbai had received the heaviest rainfalls in over a decade on Sunday and Monday (Jun 30th and Jul 1st).



Aircraft Information
Airline: SpiceJet
Code: SG/SEJ
Aircraft: Boeing 737-85
Registration: VT-SYK
Serial Number: 30410
Engines: 2 x CFMI CFM56-7B26
First Flew: 10/10/2002
Age: 16Yrs 7 Mts