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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 08, 2020, 10:17:51 IST

Air India plane crash live updates: Flight Data Recorder recovered from the wreckage

The death toll in the Air India Express flight crash at the airport, rose to 18 on Saturday with one more passenger succumbing to injuries.. Stay with TOI for live updates

10:09 (IST), Aug 08

Digital Flight Data Recorder has been recovered from the aircraft. Floorboard is being cut to retrieve Cockpit Voice Recorder: Directorate General of Civil Aviation official

10:08 (IST), Aug 08

Deeply saddened by news of AI express flight accident: Nepal

10:05 (IST), Aug 08
 
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I have seen debris, Air India Express aircraft is broken into 2 pieces. Inspection is being done. Some part of aircraft was torn apart during rescue operation. DGCA has announced enquiry. Civil Aviation Minister will reach around 12 pm

V Muraleedharan, MoS External Affairs 
10:04 (IST), Aug 08

Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal, along with senior airline officers visit accident site to take stock of the situation; all possible assistance being provided to those affected.

09:56 (IST), Aug 08

Expert warned 9 years ago - Runway 10 of Kozhikode airport is unsafe.

Karipur airport is unsafe and landing should not be allowed here, especially during wet conditions, Captain Mohan Ranganathan, a member of a safety advisory committee constituted by the ministry of civil aviation, had warned more than nine years ago.

09:41 (IST), Aug 08

DGCA, Civil Aviation Ministry senior officials, Airports Authority of India, and Air Navigation Service members to meet in Delhi today over crash landing of AI flight

09:37 (IST), Aug 08

Explainer: Tabletop tragedy

09:29 (IST), Aug 08

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Flight Safety Departments have reached the spot to investigate the incident

09:25 (IST), Aug 08

The flight was part of the Vande Bharat repatriation mission and most passengers were stranded non-resident Keralites returning home from the UAE following the Covid-19 pandemic.

09:15 (IST), Aug 08

Death toll rises to 18 in Kozhikode plane crash: Malappuram District Collector K Gopalakrishnan

08:44 (IST), Aug 08

Latest visuals from Kozhikode International Airport in Karipur, Kerala

08:25 (IST), Aug 08
 
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Our task would have been much more difficult if the plane had caught fire. I am going to the Kozhikode International Airport in Karipur

Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister 
08:24 (IST), Aug 08
 
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18 people, including two pilots, have lost their lives, it is unfortunate. 127 people are at hospitals, others have been released

Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister on AI that crash-landed at Kozhikode 
08:23 (IST), Aug 08

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and state governor to visit Karipur today

07:37 (IST), Aug 08

AAIB, DGCA & Flight Safety Depts have reached to investigate the incident: Air India Express

07:37 (IST), Aug 08

Two special relief flights have been arranged from Delhi and one from Mumbai for rendering humanitarian assistance to all the passengers and the family members: Air India Express

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