Air India clash: DGCA bans use of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode during monsoon
After 18 people died in an ill-fated Air India plane crash at Kozhikode last week, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has banned the operation of wide-body aircraft at Karipur airport during the monsoon season ‘out of abundant caution’.
On Friday, a Dubai-Kozhikode Air India flight with 191 passengers on board overshot the runway at the Karipur airport. The plane veered off the runway and plunged into a valley while landing in heavy rains, the official said.
When asked about the duration of the ban, the aviation regulator said, “No date has been fixed. We will wait for the monsoon to get over and as a means of abundant caution we are doing it,” according to news agency PTI.
