DCA25WA192

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates · April 22, 2025

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
April 22, 2025, 13:53 local (13:53 UTC)
Place
Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Injuries
179 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
VT-AXZBoeing 737
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
FAA
Case key
200064

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Hard landingLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 2,102 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
VT-AXZ
Reported as
Boeing 737 (8HG)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
36336
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Air India Express
Registered owner
Air India Express