As per reports at least 17 people were killed.
Air India plane has crashed at Karipur Airport in Kozhikode. The plane was landing at the airport. As per the images at hand, the plane can be seen in severely damaged condition. There is no word as to injury or casualties as yet. It was a Dubai-Kozhikode Air India flight number IX-1344. The cockpit and cabin have suffered extensive damage. Deepak Sathe, the pilot of the plane has died in the crash. It was raining heavily at the time of the accident. The runway that the plane was landing on was not too long. There were 191 people on-board including the flight crew.The crash took place between 7:30 and 7:45 pm on Friday evening.
The rescue effort is on. 30-40 people have been admitted to hospital.
As the plane crashed, the first 5 rows of seats suffered extensive damage. It is being reported that it is highly unlikely that passengers seated in these rows would survive the crash.
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