Kozhikode Airport Crash

Just last year there was scare at the airport again involving an air india express flight.

Kozhikode airport crash. At least 19 including the pilot and the co pilot have been killed in the flight mishap. An air india express flight with over 190 passengers and crew members onboard skidded off the runway at the kozhikode international airport in kerala also known as the karipur airport on friday evening. The kozhikode international airport also known as karipur airport is a tabletop airport.

Pilot killed in kerala air india express crash served in iaf won nda sword of honour. Investigation in the kozhikode plane crash has revealed that politics between the centre and the state could have caused a delay in the extension of the calicut airport runway. Prime minister narendra modi expressed pain over air india express plane accident and spoke to kerala chief minister pinarayi vijayan on phone about the plane crash.

The flight was flying the centre s vande bharat mission. Runway 10 of kozhikode airport unsafe expert warned 9 years ago. Need for land to extend runway ran into govt wall way back in 2017 the airports authority of india aai which manages the airport had firmed up plans to extend kozhikode s 2750 m runway by 800 m and was awaiting allocation of land by the kerala government.

While it is too early to pinpoint the reason behind the air india. The flight was flying the centre s vande bharat mission. Former pallikal panchayat president has claimed that 40 acre of land was available and if the airport authority of india and the kerala state government wanted they could have extended the runway.

In one of the most devastating flight accidents in recent times an air india express flight from dubai overshot the runway at kerala s kozhikode airport on friday claiming the lives of at least. Air safety expert capt mohan ranganathan ranganathan explained how table top runways the one in the case of the kozhikode airport have. When flight ix 1344 went down at kerala s calicut international airport on friday authorities and locals swerved into action to save as many lives as possible.

Prime minister narendra modi expressed pain over air india express plane accident and spoke to kerala chief minister pinarayi vijayan on phone about the plane crash.