IndiGo Aircraft Suffers Tail Strike During Landing At Mumbai Airport, Probe On

An IndiGo aircraft operating its Bangkok-Mumbai flight suffered a tail strike while attempting to land at the airport in Mumbai on Saturday (August 16,2025).

Both the pilots of the Airbus A321neo have been derostered pending investigation, they said.

"On August 16, an IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft tail touched the runway while executing a low-altitude go-around due to unfavourable weather conditions in Mumbai," IndiGo spokesperson said in a statement.

The airline flight 6E 1060 departed from Bangkok at 12.12 a.m. (local time) against its scheduled departure time of 11.40 pm (local time) and finally landed at the Mumbai airport at 3.04 a.m. against its scheduled arrival time of 2.50 a.m., as per flight tracking website flightradar24.com.