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Photos: Air India flight crashes at Kozhikode airport, at least 19 dead
Nineteen people, including the plane’s two pilots, were killed late evening on August 7 when an Air India Express Boeing 737 ripped in two after it overshot and skidded off the runway upon landing, at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala. Rescuers and first responders rushed to save those injured, many seriously, after the Vande Bharat Mission flight from Dubai—a coronavirus evacuation flight—plunged down a slope in heavy rain on its second attempt to land in Kozhikode.
Updated on: Aug 08, 2020 5:57 PM IST
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An Air India Express flight with 190 on board overshot and fell 50 metres off the end of the runway at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala on August 7, breaking into two and killing at least 19 people -- including both the pilot and the co-pilot -- in what is the deadliest commercial aviation disaster in the country in 10 years, HT reported. (HT Photo)
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First responders inspect the wreckage of the Air India Express jet after it crashed by overshooting the runway at Calicut International Airport on August 7. The crash occurred around 7.40pm, when it was raining. The Boeing 737 jet, on a Vande Bharat mission as flight AIX 1344 from Dubai, was bringing in Indians who were stranded abroad due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (AFP)
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A security official inspects the site of the crash in Karipur on August 8. According to a playback on flight-tracking website FlightRadar24, the plane circled the airport twice before attempting to land. In its second instance, it aborted the attempt with 2,000 feet to go before the crash landing. (REUTERS)
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Ambulances outside the Kozhikode airport following the plane crash. “It was raining heavily. The pilot had given a warning before landing saying the weather was really bad. He tried for safe landing twice but lost control. The aircraft shot off the runway and skidded off and it broke into two pieces. It was a miraculous escape for many,” V Ibrahim, among the passengers who survived with minor injuries, told HT. (REUTERS)
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Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri at the crash site in Karippur on August 8. “We are in touch with local authorities... Relief teams from Air India and AAI are being immediately dispatched from Delhi and Mumbai. All efforts being made to help passengers. A formal enquiry will be conducted by Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB),” Hardeep Singh Puri said following the incident. (PTI)
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Army personnel stand guard at the site of the wreckage on August 8. The Civil aviation ministry’s investigation agency, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), recovered the digital flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the debris on August 8. The recovered components, which make up the black box of the aircraft, will help investigators figure out what prevented the jet from making a landing. (ANI)
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A view of the Air India Express flight’s wreckage on August 08. The incident bears striking similarity to the 2010 Mangalore airport crash when a plane, also an Air India Express Boeing 737, overshot a tabletop runway and crashed nose-first into the ground – the last time there were as many or more people killed in a plane crash. (ANI)
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