Kerala Flight Accident
Pilot says he raised red flags over tabletop runway at karipur the aircraft with 190 people on board was attempting to land in bad weather when it shot the runway around 7 40 pm and split into two after nosediving into a valley 35 feet below.
Kerala flight accident. Thoughts and prayers with affected passengers crew members and their families. President of india rashtrapatibhvn august 7 2020. Virat kohli rohit sharma lead prayers for victims of kozhikode accident captain virat kohli and vice captain rohit sharma led the prayers to the victims of the kerala plane accident which left 16 dead including both the pilots on friday.
Deeply distressed to hear about the tragic plane crash of air india express flight at kozhikode kerala. The state which is in the midst of its fight against covid 19 pandemic confirmed loss of 47 lives because of rain fury landslides and a flight accident in a span of 16 hours on friday. Kerala never experienced such a disastrous friday in the recent past.
Kerala chief minister pinarayi vijayan said police and fire force personnel have been. Kerala air india flight crash. The day started with a landslide wrecking a tea plantation workers neighbourhood in rajamalai in idukki district at around 4 30 am.
Spoke to keralagovernor shri arif mohammed khan and inquired about the situation. Pilot says he raised red flags over tabletop runway at karipur. The kozhikode international airport also known as karipur airport is a tabletop airport.
Pinarayi vijayan on ai accident.