Air India Express flight with 180 passengers from Dubai skids off runway while landing at Kozhikode
An Air India Express plane with 184 people on board from Dubai skidded off the runway while landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode on Friday. Rescue operations are underway.
First images from the site showed the aircraft completely broken up with debris strewn over the runway and beyond.
The incident took place amid very heavy rainfall in the area around 7:40 pm.
Early reports said the flight captain and several other passengers were seriously injured.
Many passengers had a miraculous escape as the flight did not go up in flames. It was the first such disaster at Karipur since the airport came into being in 1998.
The airport was closed following the accident.
Source: NDTV