An Air India Express plane which departed from a Dubai skidded off a runway at Calicut International Airport (Karipur Airport) in Kerala, India.
The plane departed from Dubai International Airport earlier on Friday, August 7, 2020.
The plane carried around 200 passengers and the flight is a special repatriation Vande Bharat Mission flight.
Air India Express Flight IX1344 from Dubai to Kerala Accident
The Air India flight IX1344 from Dubai carrying almost 200 passengers skidded during landing at Karipur Airport in Kozhikode (Kerala) today. There were 6crew members onboard, including 2 pilots, said Air India Express.
Rescue operations, fire and ambulances have rushed to the spot.
This is a developing story. Please be advised for more updates.
Air India Express confirmed this tragic incident in its recent tweet: “We regret that there has been an incident regarding our aircraft VT GHK, OPERATING IX 1344 DXB CCJ. We will update as we get the details.”
We regret that there has been an incident regarding our aircraft VT GHK, OPERATING IX 1344 DXB CCJ. We will update as we get the details.
— Air India Express (@FlyWithIX) August 7, 2020
This is truly a tragic situation. Below are some images and videos shared on social media about the accident.
Watch | Rescue operations underway as Air India Express flight from Dubai with 184 passengers overshoots runway during #Kerala landing pic.twitter.com/G6h6weg9JF
— NDTV (@ndtv) August 7, 2020
BREAKING: Air India Express flight from Dubai breaks apart on landing at Kozhikode after skidding off runway. At least 191 on board. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/LiBtSvbmqN
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) August 7, 2020
Air India Express plane with nearly 200 people on board skids off runway at Kozhikode airport in Kerala – Indian media report https://t.co/4sZUMzs9c4
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 7, 2020
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
Air India Express 737 from Dubai carrying 191 passengers has crashed at Calicut airport in India. More details to follow. https://t.co/7yxGnOCwED pic.twitter.com/Nk8iochUO8
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@breakingavnews) August 7, 2020
We hope that the passengers onboard will be rescued.