An Air India spokesperson said that the incident happened when the plane from Kochi attempted landing at the Mumbai airport amid heavy rainfall on Monday.

An Air India flight from Kochi to Mumbai veered off the runway during landing on Monday amid heavy rainfall, damaging the aircraft's engine and briefly shutting down the airport's main runway. The Airbus A320neo,

The airport said minor damage was found on runway 09/27, so to maintain operations, secondary runway 14/32 has been activated.