Air India crash: Maha govt to accord state funeral to Capt Deepak Sathe
The Maharashtra government has decided to accord a state funeral to Captain Deepak Sathe, pilot-in-command of the ill-fated Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala last week, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s Office said on Tuesday.
The funeral of Captain Sathe, 58, who was a resident of Chandivali in Mumbai, will be held here later in the day.
Lauding Sathe, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said his life shall inspire young pilots to achieve the ‘Sword of Honour’.
The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people, including a six-member crew, overshot the tabletop runway during landing at the Kozhikode airport in heavy rain on Friday, fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into two, killing 18 people, including both pilots.
