The government on 8 October had announced that salt-to-software conglomerate Tatas have won the bid to acquire debt-laden national carrier Air India for Rs 18,000 crore.
Captains D.R. Gupta and Alok Kumar Nayak lead the flight from Delhi to Dubai with cabin crew members Venkat Kella, Praveen Chandra, Pravin Chougle and Manisha Kamble.
After the alarm went off, the pilot chose to return to Kozhikode and the aircraft landed safely, Air India Express sources said. On investigation, it was found to be a false alarm.
The aviation regulator will be auditing SpiceJet and Air India in the first phase. The exercise involves obtaining and analysing data from flights to improve their future operations.
The airline said the passengers had attained complete fitness. Earlier Sunday, the remains of the 16 killed in the crash were handed over to their families.
The runway in Kozhikode is of the 'tabletop' kind — carved out of hills, such runways are surrounded by deep valleys, which means there’s no room for even the slightest slip-up.
While rescue personnel hastened to pull out the injured men and women from the aircraft, even locals nearby gave a helping hand to the grief struck passengers.
Two special relief flights have been arranged from Delhi and one from Mumbai for humanitarian assistance to all passengers and their family members, the airline said.
Footage from the accident site in Kozhikode shows the Air India Express plane split into two pieces and the debris lay scattered on the ground Friday night.
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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