Air India Express Flight #1344 crash

[Jim Eshelman]

August 7, 2020, about 7:41 PM IST, Kozhikode International Airport, Kozhikode (Calicut), India, 11N07'59", 75W57'13"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India ... light_1344

Air India Express Flight #1344 (a Boeing 737) skidded off a runway wet from heavy rain while landing and snapped in two. At least 14 people died (new source says 16), 123 injured, of the 191 on board. UPDATE 2/1/21: 21 deaths, over 100 injuries, 169 survivors of 190 on board.

The flight is described by Wikipedia as "a repatriation flight for people who had been stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, under the Vande Bharat Mission." Weather conditions were poor: Monsoon rains reduced visibility to about 6,600 feet. Excessive tailwinds forced the plane (which was ahead of schedule) to abort two landing attempts and circle a while until given new landing clearance. The plane overshot its touchdown zone, fell into a gorge, and split in two.

Time is from the the Times of India. The airport is 11N08, 75E57. UPDATE 2/1/21: 11N07'59", 75W57'13"

The charts are quite excellent - the two that have a real voice are even extraordinary. The Capsolar is only partially satisfying, since it identifies the location with fine precision but then tells us nothing useful. But the one active lunar ingress is as perfect as could be - a Mercury-Mars square on the angles - and the CapQ is stunning. (Two major transits exist to Capsolar planets right now, Pluto to ingress Saturn-Pluto and Saturn conjunct ingress Mercury. Neither has an effect if it isn't angular. For this event, both of those transits come to exactly the CapQ angles!)

Year: Capsolar {0}
Moon on Asc 0°03'
Jupiter widely foreground.

NOTE: Moon 0°03' above Asc op. Chiron 0°53' below Dsc.

Bridge (None.)
Quarter: Cansolar (Dormant.) Moon-Venus.
Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.)
Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury Moon-Saturn Moon-Pluto.
Week: Liblunar(Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.

Week: Canlunar {+2}
Mercury sq. MC 0°08'
Mars more widely foreground
-- Mercury-Mars sq. 0°07' in mundo
Moon-Pluto op. 1°24'
Moon-Sun conj. 2°12' in mundo
Moon-Saturn op. 2°24' in undo
Moon-Jupiter op. 3°28'

NOTE: Chiron on IC 0°07'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {+3}
p MC conj. t Pluto 0°20', s Pluto 0°01', s Saturn 0°16', sq. t Mars 1°54'
-- t Pluto conj. p Saturn 0°04'
p Asc sq. t Saturn 1°35', sq. s Mercury 0°42'
-- t Saturn conj. s Mercury 0°53'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits (Dormant.)

[SteveS]

If I ever fly again, makes me always want to check the CapQ's for landings and takeoffs---given a choice in the matter.

[Jim Eshelman]

If I ever fly again, makes me always want to check the CapQ's for landings and takeoffs---given a choice in the matter.

Indeed!