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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Police and fire service personnel have rushed to the spot where nearly 20 houses of plantation workers have been buried, and have asked hospitals to be prepared.
In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, T.N. Prathapan questioned Congress stance on the issue and said it can't chase extreme religious nationalism with a soft prototype.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
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