January 22, 2025 05:14 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Saif Ali Khan's attacker wanted to treat ailing mother in Bangladesh with the stolen money: Reports | US prioritises India as Secretary of State Marco Rubio picks Jaishankar for his maiden bilateral meeting | I don't want to stop, but also want competent people: Donald Trump on H-1B visa | QUAD leaders commit to strengthening free and open Indo-Pacific, send veiled message to China in first meeting after Trump's inauguration | At least two Maoists are eliminated by security forces every day: Centre | New US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to hold first bilateral talk with S Jaishankar | Saif Ali Khan is back home, waves at fans after hospital discharge | 66 killed as fire engulfs hotel at a ski resort in Turkey | At least 14 Maoists killed in encounter along Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, Amit Shah says 'mighty blow to Naxalism' | Donald Trump pulls US out of Paris agreement in a repeat of his 2017 move

Air India plane crashes in Kozhikode airport in Kerala while landing

| @indiablooms | Aug 08, 2020, at 02:50 am

Kozhikode: An Air India plane (Air India Express Flight IX 1344) from Dubai to Kozhikode in Kerala  overshot the runway after skidding off while landing and split into two this evening. The incident occurred around 7-40 pm. CNN News 18 said three died in the crash, including a pilot. 

Reports said there were 191 people on board the flight from Dubai. The plane did not catch fire while landing but it split into two. Rescue operations are underway.

IBNS VIDEO OF THE CRASH SITE: 

"Dubai-Kozhikode Air India flight (IX-1344) skidded during landing at Karipur Airport at around 7.45 pm today," Kondotty Police told news agency ANI.   

A statement by Air India Express quoted in media said: "Air India Express flight IX 1344 operated by B737 aircraft from Dubai to Calicut overshot runway at Kozhikode at 1941 hours tonight. No fire reported at the time of landing" "There are 174 passengers, 10 infants, two pilots and five cabin crew on board the aircraft.

PM Modi also condoled the crash and tweeted. 

Details of the incident and exact casualty awaited still. 

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Close menu