Kozhikode air crash: Saddened says PM Modi
New Delhi, Aug 07. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the air crash at the Kozhikode airport today.
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Pained by the plane accident in Kozhikode. My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. May the injured recover at the earliest. Spoke to Kerala CM regarding the situation. Authorities are at the spot, providing all assistance to the affected, PM Modi said.
11 including Pilot dead after Air India Express plane skids off runway in Kerala
Initial
reports
say
that
the
plane
overshot
the
due
to
rainy
conditions
and
broke
into
two
parts.
The
front
portion
if
the
aircraft
was
damaged
completely.
The
plane
had
landed
on
Runway
10
and
continued
to
run
to
the
end
and
fell
in
to
a
valley.
Civil aviation regulator DGCA said the visibility at the airport was around 2000 meters at the time of the incident and the airport was witnessing heavy rains and the plane fell into a 30 feet deep gorge in the valley.