The plane, which also had a crew of six, landed safely at Thiruvananthapuram airport and another flight was arranged for the passengers, including five infants, to travel to Sharjah.
The passenger, identified as A Velmurugan, a native of Nariyapatti village in Pudukottai, was suffering from a variety of health conditions.
The plane had no passengers, due to the COVID-19 restrictions on international travel to certain destinations and was only carrying cargo and a crew of eight.
Following a fire warning in the Cargo compartment, an Air India Express flight made an emergency landing at Kozhikode in Kerala on Friday.
Official sources said pilot error caused the mishap in which the Boeing aircraft suffered a minor damage on its right wing after it hit an electric pole while taxiing on the runway.
An Air India Express flight, carrying 64 passengers, lost control and met with an accident in Andhra Pradesh today. The flight hit an electric pole on the runway while landing at Vijayawada International Airport in Gannavaram.
Air India Express has informed that the regulatory authorities in Dubai has recommended it to reject RT-PCR test reports for passengers travelling to Dubai from four labs in India. These labs are in Jaipur, Kerala and Delhi. The name of the labs are as followed.
Amid suspension by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Air India Express on Friday said that all Air India Express flights from or to Dubai will operate as per original schedule starting September 19.
Air India Express said on Wednesday that 85 passengers injured in the plane crash in Kozhikode have been discharged from hospitals after "obtaining complete fitness".
The Air India Express plane that crashed at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening was owned by the airline and was not a leased one, said an airline official.
Air India Express said on Monday that it has contracted a US-based company to recover and restore the baggage of the crew and passengers of its plane that crashed in Kozhikode.
More than 50 passengers injured in Friday’s crash of the Air India Express plane in Kerala’s Kozhikode, in which 18 people were killed, have been discharged from hospitals, the airline said on Monday.
The condition of at least 14 passengers of the ill-fated Air India Express flight that crashed while attempting to land at the Karipur airport here, remains critical, Malappuram District Collector K Gopalakrishnan said on Sunday.
The ongoing investigation in the Air India Express flight IX-1344 that crash-landed on Friday evening at Calicut (Kozhikode) International Airport is continuing and will take some time before it is completed, Air India Express said in a statement.
Mortal remains of late Captain DV Sathe were brought to Air India Building in Mumbai on August 09.
Air India Express plane with 190 onboard that crashed on Friday evening while attempting landing amid heavy rains at Kerala's Kozhikode airport has so far claimed 18 lives including both the pilots. Here's an account of the first 5 minutes after flight crash-landed at the Kozhikode airport.
Air India Express plane, that crash-landed on Friday evening at Kerala's Kozhikode airport when it was trying to land on the table-top runaway, has claimed 18 lives so far including its pilot and co-pilot. The plane was carrying 190 onboard. A loot at how survivors recall horrific account.
Air India Express employees paid tribute to Akhilesh Kumar in Delhi.
Akhilesh Sharma, the co-pilot of the ill-fated Air India flight, was among those who lost their lives. The news of his tragic death is known to all but his wife as she is due to deliver her first child in a few days.
In one of the most devastating flight accidents in recent times, an Air India Express flight from Dubai overshot the runway at Kerala's Kozhikode airport on Friday, claiming the lives of at least 19 people and injuring over 100. Track latest updates.
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