After landing at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Monday in the midst of intense rain, an Air India plane on a Kochi-Mumbai flight strayed off the runway.
All passengers and crew members are safe, and the Airbus A320neo, registered VT-TYA, taxied to the gate without incident. The aircraft has been grounded for inspection at the Mumbai airport, and the major runway, 09/27, has been reported to suffer minor damage. As a result, the second runway has been opened to guarantee continuous flight operations at the airport.
On July 21, 2025, flight AI2744, which was traveling from Kochi to Mumbai, had a runway excursion upon touchdown due to heavy rain. All of the passengers and crew have since exited after the aircraft safely taxied to the gate. For inspections, the aircraft has been grounded. “Passenger and crew safety continues to be our top priority,” an Air India representative stated.
Sources claim that despite minor damage, the aircraft managed to reach the gates and offload both passengers and crew. The plane briefly slipped off the runway onto an unpaved area after landing in the midst of heavy rain, but the pilots swiftly returned it back to the paved surface.
According to a statement from the airport, “On July 21, 2025, at 09.27 hours, an incoming aircraft from Kochi experienced a runway excursion at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai.” The emergency reaction personnel at CSMIA were dispatched right away to oversee the runway excursion. Every crew member and passenger is safe. The airport’s main runway, 09/27, has been reported to have minimal damage. The Secondary Runway 14/32—has been turned on to guarantee operations continue. Safety is always our first focus at CSMIA.
One of the busiest single-runway airports in the world is Mumbai, which has two intersecting runways that can only use one at a time.
The plane took off from Kochi at 7.43 am and touched down at the Mumbai airport at 9.27 am, according to flight tracking data. Prior to the airline’s merger with Air India, the four-year-old A320neo, registered as VT-TYA, was part of the Vistara fleet.
In Mumbai and the nearby areas, the plane slid while it was raining continuously. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Colaba only received 11 mm of rain on Monday morning, whereas the Mumbai suburbs received 115 mm. The city and its surrounding suburbs were under an orange notice from the IMD, which warned of moderate to heavy rainfall in certain areas over the course of the next few hours.
Inspection and repair work on the damaged section of the main runway began, and flight operations from Mumbai airport were rerouted to the secondary runway. However, this had little impact on airport operations.
