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Air India plane crashes at Karipur airport in Kozhikode

Abraham by Abraham
August 7, 2020
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Air India plane crashes at Karipur airport in Kozhikode
First responders gather around the wreckage of an Air India Express jet, which was carrying more than 190 passengers and crew from Dubai, after it crashed by overshooting the runway at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, on August 7, 2020. – At least 14 people died and 15 others were critically injured when a passenger jet skidded off the runway after landing in heavy rain in India, police said on August 7. (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

At least 14 people, including the pilot and co-pilot, have been killed as an Air India Express aircraft carrying 191 passengers (including crew) skidded off the tabletop runway and fell into a 30-feet valley, breaking into two pieces while landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport late Friday evening.

Several passengers have been injured and rushed to a medical facility. Initial reports say the incident took place at around 8.15 pm.

Air India plane crashes at Karipur airport in Kozhikode
KERALA, INDIA – AUGUST 07: Teams conduct search and rescue operation at the site after an Air India Express passenger plane with 191 passengers onboard skidded off the runway in the southern Indian state of Kerala on August 07, 2020. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

As per the images at hand, the plane can be seen in severely damaged condition. It was a Dubai-Kozhikode Air India flight number IX-1344.

As the plane crashed, the first 5 rows of seats suffered extensive damage.

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It is being reported that it is highly unlikely that passengers seated in these rows would survive the crash.

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