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Aug 08, 2020 12:21 AM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Air India Express Crash IX 1344 Live Updates: Two investigation teams of AI, AAI and AAIB to leave for Kozhikode, says Hardeep Singh Puri
There were 190 people on board, out of which 174 were adults, 10 children, 2 pilots and 4 cabin crew. Catch the LIVE Updates here:
An Air India Express plane skidded during landing at Karipur Airport, Kozhikode.
There were 190 people on board, out of which 174 were adults, 10 children, 2 pilots and 4 cabin crew. Catch the LIVE Updates here:
Air India Express Crash LIVE Updates | Here's what we know so far:
>> An Air India Express Vande Bharat flight with 191 passengers from Dubai and crew skidded off the tabletop runway and fell into a 50 feet valley breaking into two portions while landing.
>> Rescue operations have now concluded.
>> 16 people, including 2 pilots and 14 passengers, have died in the crash.
>> Over 125 people have been rushed to the nearby hospitals,the condition of some of them is said to be serious.
>> After landing at Runway 10, the flight continued running to end of the runway and fell down in the valley and broke into two portions, a statement by DGCA said.
>> The passengers include 174 were adults, 10 children, 2 pilots and 4 cabin crew.
>> Sources told Moneycontrol that the flight had landed in second attempt after aborting the first.
>> An urgent meeting called by Civil Aviation Ministry is underway at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan. DGCA Director-General & officials of the ministry, Airport Authority of India & Air India Express are in the meeting.
Air India Express LIVE Updates | Capt Sathe, pilot of ill-fated AIE flight, was NDA alumnus
Capt Deepak Sathe, pilot of the Air India Express flight who died after the plane crashed at Kerala's Kozhikode airport on Friday, was an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA) here.
Sixteen people were killed and several injured when a Dubai-Calicut Air India Express flight with 191 passengers and crew on board overshot the runway and fell into a valley, breaking into two portions, on Friday evening.
"Capt Deepak V Sathe was from 58th course of National Defence Academy, Pune. He was from Juliet Squadron," said Air Marshal Bhushan Gokhale (Retd).
"Sathe passed out from Air Force Academy with Sword of Honour in June 1981 and was a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force," he added.
Sathe was also an excellent squash player, he reminisced. (PTI)
Air India Express Crash LIVE Updates | Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri: Two investigation teams of professionals from Air India, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and AAIB will leave for Kozhikode at 02.00 hrs & 05.00 hrs. Everyone has now been rescued from the aircraft. Rescue operations are now complete. Injured being treated at various city hospitals.
Rescue operations at the crash site have now been completed. The death toll stands at 16, DGCA has said in a statement.
Air India Express Crash LIVE Updates | Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan: Update on Kozhikode crash. Evacuation completed. Malappuram collector has informed that the rescue operations at the site have been completed. Air india flight AXB1344 ( DXB to CCJ) had 190 passengers. They all have been transferred to hospitals in Malappuram and Kozhikode.
Air India Express Crash LIVE Updates | India in Dubai: As per the latest information from state authorities, search and rescue operation is over and all injured have been shifted to various hospitals. Air India Dubai helpline is +97142079444. CGI Dubai expresses its deep condolences for deceased passengers.
Air India Express Crash LIVE Updates | MP ET Mohammed Basheer: All passengers except for one have been rescued. One passenger is inside the aircraft but he is safe.