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Kerala plane crash - Air India Express
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Less 191 shitskins to worry about
People who drive bullock cart should not fly plane.
Most likely got hit by a Tiong missile that has its trajectory plotted by a Kirin Soc from Huawei.
China made runways.
Kerala plane crash: 17 dead after Air India plane breaks in two at Calicut
Media captionAftermath of the Kerala plane crash shows the plane broken in two
An Air India Express plane with 190 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 17 people, officials say.
The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway in rain and broke in two after landing at Calicut airport, aviation officials said.
The flight was repatriating Indians stranded by the coronavirus crisis.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "pained by the plane accident".
The rescue operation at the crash site has now been completed and survivors have been taken to hospitals in Calicut and Malappuram, according to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Dozens of people were injured, 15 of them seriously, a senior police officer said.
Air India Express said the two pilots were among the dead.
What do we know about the crash?
Flight IX 1134 was carrying 184 passengers, including 10 infants, and six crew.
Image copyrightEPAImage captionThe plane reportedly overshot the runway upon landing amid heavy rain
The aircraft crashed at 19:40 local time (14:10 GMT) on Friday, as it attempted to land for a second time at Calicut International Airport. The first attempt was aborted by the pilots because of the heavy monsoon-season rainfall lashing Kerala.
India's Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, tweeted that the aircraft "overshot the runway in rainy conditions", then plunged down a 35ft (10.6m) slope, before breaking in two.
He said a formal inquiry would be carried out by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).
The director general of India's National Disaster Response Force, S N Pradhan, said Calicut airport had a "table-top runway" and that the aircraft fell into "a ditch" after skidding across it.
He said the impact with the bottom of the ditch caused the fuselage to break in two, and that the front half was "very badly mangled and damaged".
Mr Puri told broadcaster DD News that first responders were able to rescue the passengers because the plane did not catch fire. Several people had to be cut free.
Image copyrightEPAImage captionSurvivors have been taken to hospitals in Calicut and Malappuram
At the time of the plane's descent, Kerala was being battered by heavy rains, which are usual in India at this time of year, due to the seasonal monsoon.
Earlier on Friday, dozens of people were feared dead in Kerala's Idukki district after monsoon-season floods triggered a landslide.
What reaction has there been?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to express his sympathy for "those who lost their loved ones" in the crash.
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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said: "Very sad to know of this mishap. All our feelings are with the passengers and their families."
Rahul Gandhi, who is an MP for a district in Kerala, said he was "shocked at the devastating news of the plane mishap in Kozhikode".
Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan also expressed their condolences, as did India's cricket captain, Virat Kohli.
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Have there been similar plane crashes in India?
Plane crashes have happened before during the monsoon season, which lasts from June to September and wreaks havoc across south Asia every year.
In May 2010, 158 people died when an Air India Express flight overshot Mangalore airport runway and crashed.
A similar incident happened in July 2019 in Mangalore, prompting an inquiry, but causing no fatalities.
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Media captionAftermath of the Kerala plane crash shows the plane broken in two
An Air India Express plane with 190 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 17 people, officials say.
The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway in rain and broke in two after landing at Calicut airport, aviation officials said.
The flight was repatriating Indians stranded by the coronavirus crisis.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "pained by the plane accident".
The rescue operation at the crash site has now been completed and survivors have been taken to hospitals in Calicut and Malappuram, according to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Dozens of people were injured, 15 of them seriously, a senior police officer said.
Air India Express said the two pilots were among the dead.
What do we know about the crash?
Flight IX 1134 was carrying 184 passengers, including 10 infants, and six crew.
The aircraft crashed at 19:40 local time (14:10 GMT) on Friday, as it attempted to land for a second time at Calicut International Airport. The first attempt was aborted by the pilots because of the heavy monsoon-season rainfall lashing Kerala.
India's Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, tweeted that the aircraft "overshot the runway in rainy conditions", then plunged down a 35ft (10.6m) slope, before breaking in two.
He said a formal inquiry would be carried out by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB).
The director general of India's National Disaster Response Force, S N Pradhan, said Calicut airport had a "table-top runway" and that the aircraft fell into "a ditch" after skidding across it.
He said the impact with the bottom of the ditch caused the fuselage to break in two, and that the front half was "very badly mangled and damaged".
Mr Puri told broadcaster DD News that first responders were able to rescue the passengers because the plane did not catch fire. Several people had to be cut free.
At the time of the plane's descent, Kerala was being battered by heavy rains, which are usual in India at this time of year, due to the seasonal monsoon.
Earlier on Friday, dozens of people were feared dead in Kerala's Idukki district after monsoon-season floods triggered a landslide.
What reaction has there been?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to express his sympathy for "those who lost their loved ones" in the crash.
Report
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said: "Very sad to know of this mishap. All our feelings are with the passengers and their families."
Rahul Gandhi, who is an MP for a district in Kerala, said he was "shocked at the devastating news of the plane mishap in Kozhikode".
Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan also expressed their condolences, as did India's cricket captain, Virat Kohli.
Report
Report
Plane crashes have happened before during the monsoon season, which lasts from June to September and wreaks havoc across south Asia every year.
In May 2010, 158 people died when an Air India Express flight overshot Mangalore airport runway and crashed.
A similar incident happened in July 2019 in Mangalore, prompting an inquiry, but causing no fatalities.
Sub-standard runway at Calicut airport puts fliers' lives at risk, CBI files FIR against Delhi-based firm
The CBI's Kochi branch claimed that Delhi-based firm B R Arora and Associates and four officials of the Airports Authority of India compromised with the quality of the runway at the airport in 2007.
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Rohini SwamyJuly 17, 2013UPDATED: July 17, 2013 20:32 IST
As many as nine foreign airlines operate out of Karipur International airport at Kozhikode.
Everytime you took off or landed at Karipur International airport at Kozhikode (Calicut) in north Kerala, you survived because you had luck on your side. A CBI probe now shows that flights were operating on a sub-standard runway built by a Delhi-based firm, B R Arora and Associates and has filed a chargesheet against them and ten others, accusing them of criminal conspiracy, forgery and cheating.
Kozhikode airport is the seventh busiest airport in the country in terms of international traffic and is often touted as the gateway to the Malabar region. As many as nine foreign airlines operate out of Kozhikode airport. The CBI's Kochi branch claims that the company and four officials of the Airports Authority of India compromised with the quality of resurfacing of the runway at the airport in 2007.
Incidentally, the chargesheet has been filed at a time when several question marks have been raised over the quality of the runway. Several cracks have been noticed on it and a DGCA team inspected it this week during which it noted that heavy rains had taken a toll of the runway. It was suggested that the airport would have be to partially closed for some time to facilitate repair work.
In its chargesheet, the CBI points out that the project of resurfacing the runway was worth Rs 23 crore. But the accused made false invoices and fake bills worth Rs 2.18 crores were also manufactured.
The chargesheet says that bribes were taken by the senior AAI officials in the form of gold biscuits and a car to overlook the corrupt practices of the company. And that the company had compromised on the quality of material used to resurface the runway.
According to the chargesheet, of the 4500 tonnes of bitumen that was to be used, only 3700 tonnes were used, thus reducing the quantity of bitumen by 30 percent. As for the use of cement, of the 10,000 bags that had to be used, only 5,500 bags were used.
The CBI in its chargesheet mentions that apart from compromising on the safety of millions of passengers, the Delhi-based company also sold the bitumen that was not used as part of the mix for the runway to outside parties.
The CBI took up the case suo moto in 2007 after it received reports of corruption.
Incidentally, the company is also involved in resurfacing of runways at five other airports - Goa, Varanasi, Ranchi, Raipur and Coimbatore.
Sources say the CBI in Goa and Lucknow too are expected to file a chargesheet soon against the company.
The CBI's Kochi branch claimed that Delhi-based firm B R Arora and Associates and four officials of the Airports Authority of India compromised with the quality of the runway at the airport in 2007.
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Rohini SwamyJuly 17, 2013UPDATED: July 17, 2013 20:32 IST
As many as nine foreign airlines operate out of Karipur International airport at Kozhikode.
Everytime you took off or landed at Karipur International airport at Kozhikode (Calicut) in north Kerala, you survived because you had luck on your side. A CBI probe now shows that flights were operating on a sub-standard runway built by a Delhi-based firm, B R Arora and Associates and has filed a chargesheet against them and ten others, accusing them of criminal conspiracy, forgery and cheating.
Kozhikode airport is the seventh busiest airport in the country in terms of international traffic and is often touted as the gateway to the Malabar region. As many as nine foreign airlines operate out of Kozhikode airport. The CBI's Kochi branch claims that the company and four officials of the Airports Authority of India compromised with the quality of resurfacing of the runway at the airport in 2007.
Incidentally, the chargesheet has been filed at a time when several question marks have been raised over the quality of the runway. Several cracks have been noticed on it and a DGCA team inspected it this week during which it noted that heavy rains had taken a toll of the runway. It was suggested that the airport would have be to partially closed for some time to facilitate repair work.
In its chargesheet, the CBI points out that the project of resurfacing the runway was worth Rs 23 crore. But the accused made false invoices and fake bills worth Rs 2.18 crores were also manufactured.
The chargesheet says that bribes were taken by the senior AAI officials in the form of gold biscuits and a car to overlook the corrupt practices of the company. And that the company had compromised on the quality of material used to resurface the runway.
According to the chargesheet, of the 4500 tonnes of bitumen that was to be used, only 3700 tonnes were used, thus reducing the quantity of bitumen by 30 percent. As for the use of cement, of the 10,000 bags that had to be used, only 5,500 bags were used.
The CBI in its chargesheet mentions that apart from compromising on the safety of millions of passengers, the Delhi-based company also sold the bitumen that was not used as part of the mix for the runway to outside parties.
The CBI took up the case suo moto in 2007 after it received reports of corruption.
Incidentally, the company is also involved in resurfacing of runways at five other airports - Goa, Varanasi, Ranchi, Raipur and Coimbatore.
Sources say the CBI in Goa and Lucknow too are expected to file a chargesheet soon against the company.
Its a retrieval flight. To get those stuck overseas home.
too little body count... not fair
If india allows visa free visits, its tourist industry will boom, like what happened to japan when abe did the same.
Darling, that's the funniest thing I read this morning. Thanks for the joy.
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