An Air India Express plane will be crashed in the South India state of Kerala after skidded off the runway and the plane is broke in two at Calicut airport upon landing, India aviation authority said. According to reports at least the two people will have died including pilots, the BBC has been told. In several passengers are being injured a spokesman for the airline said.
The Indian airline will be said that there were 184 passengers will be including 10 children and seven crew members, of which two were pilots on the board flight lx 1344 operated by B737 aircraft from Dubai to Calicut overshot runway ay Kozhikode at 1941 hrs tonight. No fire reported at the time of landing the DGCA statement said, according to CNN News 18. Most onboard have been evacuated and at least 50 injured, they will be including 16 in serious condition, they have been taken to hospital, authorities said.
The flight was a part of the Vande Bharat program, me that has been bringing back Indian from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic. iN television images will show on the website part of the fuselage of the Boeing 737 jet ripped apart with debris strewn all over.
The flight will be landed in heavy rain, overshot the runway, will fell down into a valley and they will be broke into two, The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is be probing this accident. Prima facie, the aircraft will land beyond the touchdown point and they well are fell into a valley. It will be broken into two. We suspect casualties. More information is awaited, said senior DGCA official.
After this shocking news, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will be tweeted: Deeply distressed to be her about the Aid India Express tragedy at Kozhikode. Prayer is with the bereaved families and those injured we are ascertaining further details. BJP leader from the Kerala K J Alphons tweeted; the second tragedy of the day ion Kerala: Air India will be Express skids off the runway at Kozhikode, front portion splits, [pilot dies and they will be lots of passengers will be injured. All the passengers evacuated very luckily the aircraft did not be cath firee.
