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What happened on Air India Express Flight 1344?

On August 7th 2020 a tragic plane crash took place in India of the Air India Express Flight 1344, which caused the sad loss of 18 passengers, and both pilots. Around 100 passengers were injured. So today we will look at what were some possible reasons that it might have happened and also some more information about the flight About the flight- This was the Air India Express Flight 1344, the plane was a Boeing 737-8HG(SFP). The plane took off from Dubai International Airport carrying 184 passengers and 6 crew members. What happened - The aircraft reached the airport on schedule. The approach was for runway 28, but two landings were aborted due to tailwind and the aircraft circled, waiting for clearance, before making a landing on runway 10. At around 19:37 IST (14:07 UTC), they were given clearance to land on runway 10. Due to the monsoon and floods in Kerala at the time, inclement weather conditions reduced visibility at the time of landing to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). Runway 28 was in use a