FlightFollowerAir India gets TRAPPED above the clouds and can’t land Anywhere (2018)
Air India flight AI101 diverted to Newark-Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, USA, after encountering instrument failures on approach to New York-JFK Airport. The flight attempted an approach to runway 04R at 11:52 UTC (07:52 LT), which the flight crew aborted when it became unstable. The flight subsequently reported having lost several instruments (localizer, altimeters among others).
Accident Facts
- Flight
- AI101
- Airports
- EWR (Newark), JFK (New York JFK)
- Category
- Diversion
- Reconstruction
- 25:05
As a result of low clouds at JFK and the flight's inability to perform an ILS approach, it was decided to divert to Newark. A safe landing was made on runway 04R at 12:30 UTC. Weather at JFK about the go around time (1152Z) and diversion (1220Z): KJFK 111251Z 01004KT 1/8SM R04R/2000V2400FT FG VV002 19/19 A3014 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1/2 DZE24 SLP204 P0000 T01890189 KJFK 111151Z 03004KT 1/4SM R04R/2800V3500FT -DZ FG VV002 19/19 A3012 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1/2 SLP198 P0000 60002 70086 T01890189 10189 20178 51013 KJFK 111134Z 04006KT 1/4SM R04R/3000V5000FT -DZ BR SCT000 OVC002 18/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3/4 BR SCT000 P0000 T01830183 Weather at EWR about the landing time (1230Z): KEWR 111251Z 03005KT 2SM BR OVC003 18/17 A3013 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 1/2 SLP202 T01830172 $ KEWR 111205Z 36008KT 2SM BR FEW002 OVC004 17/17 A3012 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 1/2 T01720167 $