On 7 August, the aircraft of the airline Air India Express coming from Dubai to the Indian city of Kozhikode, went beyond the runway and collapsed. Particularly affected the cockpit. On Board were 190 people

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According to police, the plane crash killed 14 people. 123 people were injured, 15 of them suffered serious injuries

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On 7 August, the aircraft of the airline Air India Express coming from Dubai to the Indian city of Kozhikode, went beyond the runway and collapsed. Particularly affected the cockpit. On Board were 190 people – 184 passengers and six crew members, Interfax reports.

The incident happened after the rain on a slippery runway. Many of the passengers were saved by the fact that the plane didn’t catch fire. When landing, the plane was moving at full speed and slipped the runway, and then fell apart.

The airport is currently closed.

The flight was performed in the framework of the programme for the return of Indian nationals from abroad, who remained abroad because of the pandemic.

According to police, the plane crash killed 14 people. 123 people were injured, 15 of them received serious injuries.

At least 20 people were killed and more than 140 injured in the hard landing of the aircraft of the airline Air India on Friday at the airport , according to the newspaper Hindustan Times, citing officials. According to the newspaper, killing both pilots of the liner. 15 people suffered serious injuries.

Minister of civil aviation, India’s Hardeep Singh Puri said that “the rescue operations have ended” and “victims receive care in different hospitals of the city.” Injured were distributed in 13 hospitals in the cities of Kozhikode and Malappuram.

The press attache of Consulate General of Russia in Chennai Yuri Belov said about the lack of Russians on India crashed in the plane. “At the moment, Russia’s honorary Consul in Kerala, Ratish Nair finds out this information. But, according to preliminary data, regrade on this Board was not” – said the diplomat.

Malappuram collector has informed that rescue operations at site have been completed. All have been transferred to hospitals in Malappuram & Kozhikode:Kerala CM

Directorate General of Civil Aviation says the death toll in the crash landing incident flight is at 16.(Pic source:NDRF) pic.twitter.com/CFmTDhyXxP— ANI (@ANI) August 7, 2020