The incident took place amid very heavy rainfall in the area after 7:40 pm.
An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board from Dubai skidded off the runway while landing at Kerala's Kozhikode on Friday.
One of pliots died while many passengers are feared injured, BJP MP KJ Alphons said. The plane did not catch fire and rescue operations are underway, authorities said.
Early images from the site showed the aircraft broken in two pieces with debris strewn over the runway and beyond.
The incident took place amid very heavy rainfall in the area around 7:40 pm.
A number of people on board the flight - IX 1344 - have been injured and have been taken to the hospital, reports said.
Air India Express has only Boeing 737 planes in its fleet.
Kerala has been hammered by heavy rainfall through the day that triggered landslides and left at least 15 people dead.
Around 50 others are still feared trapped in debris after a landslide in the hilly Idukki district early Friday.
