17 Dead Including Both Pilots After Plane Breaks In Two In Kerala

Air India Express Flight IX 1344 from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway while landing around 7:40 PM Friday. Air India Express plane with 190 on board from Dubai skidded off the runway and broke in two while landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode on Friday amid heavy rain.

Among those killed were the two pilots of Flight IX-1344All on board were evacuated after a nearly three-hour operation and at least 112 injured were taken to hospitals in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, authorities said.There were 174 passengers, 10 Infants, two pilots and four cabin crew members on board the aircraft.The flight was part of the Vande Bharat programme that has been bringing back Indians from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic.