The Air India Express accident that took the lives of 158 people raises concerns about Indian airlines and underlines the need to make runways safer as traffic grows in fast-developing aviation regions.
The May 22 accident is classified as the overrun type of runway excursion, which is defined as what happens when an aircraft either departs the end or the side of a runway surface during takeoff or landing in the Flight Safety Foundation’s Runway Safety Initiative (RSI) study. When an aircraft leaves the side of a runway, it is sometimes called a “veer-off,” and when it travels past a runway end, it is called an “overrun.” The study, launched in late 2006 and published in 2009, aimed to identify high-risk areas and find ways to reduce runway hazards.(以下略)