Reports are coming in of an airplane skidding off the runway at Kerala’s Kozhikode International airport also known as Karipur airport. The plane was an Air India Express aircraft.
Aflight has reportedly skidded off the runway at the Kozhikode International airport in Kerala, also known as the Karipur airport. The plane was an Air India Express aircraft.
Preliminary inputs also indicate that the aircraft broke into two pieces after it overshot the runway at Kalipur airport. The aircraft has been identified as IX 344, Air India Express flight from Dubai to Kozhikode.
Official confirmation of casualties or those injured is awaited.
Second tragedy of the day in Kerala : Air India Express skids off the run way at Kozhikode, front portion splits , pilot dies and lots of passengers injured . All passengers evacuated. Very lucky the aircraft didn’t catch fire @narendramodi @JPNadda
— Alphons KJ (@alphonstourism) August 7, 2020
In a tweet on Friday, former Union Minister KJ Alphons confirmed news of the plane skidding off the runway. Alphons wrote, “Second tragedy of the day in Kerala : Air India Express skids off the run way at Kozhikode, front portion splits, pilot dies and lots of passengers injured. All passengers evacuated. Very lucky the aircraft didn’t catch fire.”
Source: India Today
