A major mishap was narrowly avoided on Monday morning when an Air India flight arriving from Kochi skidded off the primary runway during landing at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

The runway and aircraft suffered minor damage as Air India's Kochi-Mumbai flight skidded off the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport during heavy rain.

The Air India plane reportedly landed in mud at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport but was not stuck there and returned to the runway due to its high speed