Air India plane accident News

The Kerala police constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the Air India Express crash at nearby Karipur international airport on 18 passengers, including the pilot and co-pilot. The 30-member team will be headed by Malappuram Additional Superintendent of Police G Sabu, a government release said.

DGCA Director Arun Kumar on Sunday said that the black box of Air India Express flight that crash-landed at Kerala's Kozhikode Airport on August 7 has been brought to Delhi and will be examined at DGCA lab. The DGCA chief said that after Mangalore air crash, suggestions were given by a committee regarding table-top runways and it was suggested by the committee to improve the pavement strength of Kozhikode airport. He added that the committee has also suggested to increase the runway and safety area of the airport.

Reacting to the incident, Amitabh Bachchan tweeted: "A terrible tragedy .. Air India crash in Kerala, Kozhikode airport, plane skids off the runway on landing in heavy rain .. Prayers."

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan visited the injured who are admitted to hospitals in Malappuram and Kozhikode. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan to told media that 18 people have died in the crash which includes 14 adults and 4 children. 149 injured are undergoing treatment in hospital and 23 people have been discharged, said CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DG), Civil Aviation Ministry senior officials, Airports Authority of India, and Air Navigation Service members will meet in Delhi on Saturday over the plane crash. As per the latest updates, 18 people, including both the pilot and the co-pilot, have been killed while 127 have been injured in the deadly aviation disaster. The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 onboard overshot and fell 35 metres off the end of the runway at the Kozhikode airport.

Higher Education Minister K T Jaleel said that the mediathat samples of passenger, Sudheer Varyath (45), were sent for testing and it has returned positive COVID-19. State Health Minister K K Shailaja has asked all people engaged in rescue operations to report to the health authorities, get themselves tested and undergo self quarantine as a precautionary measure.

As the death toll in Kozhikode plane crash rises to 18, a civil aviation expert explains what a table top runway is and why landing an aircraft on such a runway is always difficult. The Air India Express flight skidded off the runway and fell around 35 feet down, it broke into two parts apparently the front half took the damage but people in the rear half have survived. The flight was a part of Centre's Vande Bharat Mission.

18, including two pilots, killed in Kozhikode plane crash on Friday. The plane skidded off the runway due to heavy rains. The injured have been taken to hospitals in Mallapuram and Kozhikode. 190 people, including four cabin crew, were onboard the aircraft.

17, including two pilots, killed in Kozhikode plane crash on Friday. The plane skidded off the runway due to heavy rains. The injured have been taken to hospitals in Mallapuram and Kozhikode. 190 people, including four cabin crew, were onboard the aircraft.

An Air India Express plane with 190 people onboard skidded off the runway of the Kozhikode airport in Kerala on Friday evening killing at least 17 people including both the pilots. The plane skidded off the runway and fell around 35 feet down, it broke into two parts apparently the front half took the damage but people in the rear half have survived.

In a tragic incident, at least 17 people, including two pilot, were killed and many injured when an Air India Express plane skid off the runway of the Kozhikode airport in Kerala. The injured have been taken to multiple hospitals and the dead to Kondotti hospital. A total of 190 people--184 passengers, including ten infants, two pilots, and four cabin crew were onboard the aircraft.

The Centre late on August 7 (Friday) evening ordered a probe into the Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode airport in Kerala that killed at least 16 people. It ordered the probe into the accident saying that two teams of professionals from the Air India, AAI and AAIB will conduct a detailed investigation. The AAIB is a division of the Civil Aviation Ministry which investigates aircraft accidents and incidents in India.

Amidst the chaos that ensued on Friday at the Kozhikode airport after the Air India Express plane crash, authorities found an unaccompanied child within the premises. The authorities posted a video, saying that they took the girl to the Kondutty hospital. If anyone can identify her, they should contact the authorities on--948769169.

Former Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Deepak Vasant Sathe, who was flying the Air India Express plane, was killed on Friday evening in the Kozhikode crash in Kerala. A former IAF Wing Commander, Captain Sathe was commissioned into service on June 11, 1981, and retired on June 30, 2003. He flew through the Airbus 310 for Air India before moving to Air India Express on the Boeing 737.

In a tragic incident, at least 14 people, including a pilot, were killed and many injured when an Air India Express plane skid off the runway of the Kozhikode airport in Kerala. The injured have been taken to multiple hospitals and the dead to Kondotti hospital. A total of 190 people--184 passengers, including ten infants, two pilots, and four cabin crew were onboard the aircraft.