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TopicAir India crash

Topic: Air India crash

Cracks on runway, water stagnation — lapses DGCA noted in notice to Kozhikode airport in 2019

The show-cause notice noted cracks and excessive rubber deposits along the runway on which the AI Express plane crashed Friday, killing at least 18 people.

AI Express plane touched down 1,000 metres away from start of runway before crash, says AAI

According to AAI, the pilot requested for a different runway than the one assigned as he could not see it due to low visibility caused by heavy rain.

Job loss, marriage, health problems — why many of those on flight IX 1344 were coming home

Kerala govt says 18 passengers have died so far. Of the 184 passengers, 54 were stranded tourists, 26 were returning due to loss of jobs, 28 had to return as their visa expired.

AI Express passenger killed in crash tests Covid positive, rescue personnel to self quarantine

CISF has directed 50 personnel to go into quarantine after passengers on the Air India plane were tested positive for Covid.

‘Small kids trapped under seats’ — What AI Express crash looked like to first responders

Residents in the area were among the first to respond to the accident, trying to rescue the injured and carting them to hospitals in cars by the time ambulances reached the spot.

Pilot, an ex-IAF man, and co-pilot among those killed in AI Express plane crash in Kozhikode

The death toll in the accident went up to 17 after the Dubai-Calicut plane, which was a repatriation flight operated under the Vande Bharat mission, skid off the runway.

Air India Express crash in Kerala is flag carrier’s deadliest tragedy since 2010

The crash Friday is the worst for Air India since May 2010, when a flight from Dubai overshot the runway at the Mangaluru airport and burst into flames. 158 people died.

16 killed in Kozhikode airport accident after Air India Dubai-Calicut plane skids off runway

There were 191 people on board the flight, including 174 passengers, 10 infants, 2 pilots and 5 cabin crew. The plane broke into 2 portions after falling down a valley.

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Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

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