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First responders gather around the wreckage of an Air India Express jet, which was carrying more than 190 passengers and crew from Dubai, after it crashed by overshooting the runway at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, on August 7, 2020.

New Delhi - Civil Aviation Minister Puri says he is 'deeply anguished' by the accident, which has killed at least 16 people.

Published: Fri 7 Aug 2020, 10:24 PM

Updated: Sat 8 Aug 2020, 12:40 AM

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Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that a formal enquiry will be conducted into the Air India Express accident in Kozhikode, which has left at least 16 people dead.
According to the minister, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will probe the matter.
Sakeen K., the district medical officer in the nearby city of Malappuram, said that 16 people had died.
"We are still ascertaining the toll," she told AFP.
Kozhikode official Seeram Sambasiva said that the two pilots were among the dead.

The AAIB was formed in 2012 as an independent accident probe committee under the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Puri said that he was deeply anguished and distressed by the accident in Kozhikode.
Describing the incident in a tweet, the minister said the aircraft overshot the runway in rainy conditions and went down 35 feet into a slope before breaking into two pieces.
Puri added that relief teams from the Air India and the Airport Authority of India have been rushed to the spot from Delhi and Mumbai.
On Friday evening, an Air India Express aircraft skidded off the runway while landing in Kozhikode and plunged into a valley below.



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