The Boeing 737 aircraft overshot the tabletop runway at the airport here while landing in heavy rains and fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into two portions, killing at least 18 people. The Air India Express plane, which was repatriating Indians stranded from Dubai due to the COVID-19 pandemic, overshot the runway of the Calicut International Airport in heavy rain near the southern city of Kozhikode on Friday. The Kerala government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday announced Rs 10 lakh compensation for the families of those who died after an ill-fated Air India Express flight veered off the runway while attempting to land at the Karipur international airport and broke into two parts on Friday night. Hours after the Air India Express plane crash on Friday night, it has come to light that an aviation safety expert had warned in 2011 that the Kozhikode’s tabletop runway is too risky for landing. The Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) have been recovered at the crash site. air india plane crash Kozhikode airport’s tabletop runway risky for landing, aviation safety expert warned in 2011. The airport has a tabletop runway.Īirports Authority of India (AAI) Chairman Arvind Singh on Saturday (August 8, 2020) said that "corrective action" will be taken after receiving the probe report on the Air India Express plane crash at Kozhikode airport on Friday night.Īircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is probing the accident at the Kozhikode airport that has left at least 18 people dead, including the two pilots of the plane. Kozhikode airport in Kerala comes under the Airports Authority of India (AAI). This information will help the investigation team to find out how the plane crashed, the DGCA official said. Both "black boxes" have been found, the official said. A plane’s tyre burst at Bajura Airport in Kolti while on the runway earlier this month, leaving the passengers to push the plane off the track. The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the ill-fated aircraft was recovered from the site of the crash, a top Directorate General of Civil Aviation official said. Regarding the Kozhikode airport accident, Ranganathan told a news channel that the runway has a steep downslope and no safety area. With tailwind conditions, the descent of an aircraft at the time of landing might be affected. All the flights that land on Runway 10 in the tailwind conditions in rain are endangering the lives of all on board," Ranganathan had said.
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