Air India Express Flight 1344

High school (ages 12+)
Safety & Emergency

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/air-india-express-flight-1344

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the flight number?IX 1344
2. What is the aircraft type?Boeing 737-800
3. What was Air India Express Flight 1344 and why was it important?It was a repatriation flight on August 7, 2020, part of the Vande Bharat Mission to bring Indians back from abroad during COVID-19.
4. Why did the flight have trouble landing at Kozhikode?Heavy rain and a strong tailwind made the landing unsafe, so the pilots had to abort and try again.

Repatriation: The process of returning a person to their country of origin, especially after a period of displacement or captivity.
Go-around: A procedure in which an aircraft aborts its landing and flies back into the air to attempt another landing.
Tabletop runway: An elevated runway with steep drops on one or both sides, requiring precise pilot control.
Windshear: A sudden, drastic change in wind speed and/or direction over a short distance in the atmosphere.