A year after Kerala crash, probe report still stuck
A year after an Air India Express plane crashed at Kozhikode in Kerala, killing 20 people including two pilots, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is yet to release a preliminary report on the cause of the mishap. Recently, the Centre informed Parliament that the report is likely to be released by the end of August.
On August 7, 2020, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft arriving from Dubai overshot the runway at Kozhikode International Airport and broke into pieces, leaving several of 190 people aboard the ill-fated aircraft injured. Immediately after the crash, the government announced that the AAIB, which comes under the civil aviation ministry and has the mandate to investigate serious incidents and accidents involving Indian registered planes, will conduct a formal inquiry into the mishap.
