2020 Kozhikode flight crash survivors to set up hospital in name of local rescuers
In a show of gratitude to the locals who helped in the rescue in 2020 when an Air India Express flight crashed at Kozhikode international airport, the survivors, along with the dependents of the deceased, have offered to set up a new building for a public health centre in the locality.
A total of Rs 50 lakh, contributed by the mishap victims from the compensation they received from the airline, will be spent for the initiative. The proposal for this would be handed over to the state government on Sunday, August 8—the second anniversary of the crash.
In 2020, an AIE flight from Dubai, under the Vande Bharat mission, skidded during landing at Kozhikode claiming 21 lives, including that of the two pilots, and causing injuries to 169 others.
