An Air India Express Flight from Dubai to Kozhikode in Kerala crashed at the Calicut International Airport while landing on Friday night.
The aircraft VT-AXH, a Boeing 737 aircraft had 191 people, including flight crew onboard.
Initial information from the ground suggests that while passengers were grievously injured, most of them survived. However, the pilot of the aircraft didn’t survive, sources said. The injured have been taken to hospitals near the airport.
The incident happened around 7.40 pm on Friday, when the aircraft apparently overshot the tabletop runway and plunged 30 feet. This resulted in the aircraft splitting into two with serious damage to the cockpit area. There were around 191 people on the flight, including passengers and crew.
