Air India Express said on Saturday that three relief flights had been
arranged to Kozhikode in Kerala to assist passengers and their family members
affected by the plane crash a day ago.
It stated that Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal,
and Air India Express Chief Executive Officer K Shyam Sundar had already
reached Kozhikode.
The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 on board overshot the
tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday night while landing in heavy
rains and fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into two, killing at least
18 people.
Two special relief flights have been arranged from Delhi and one from
Mumbai for rendering humanitarian assistance to all the passengers and the
family members, the airline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, said.
"The Emergency Response Director is coordinating with all the
agencies in Calicut (Kozhikode), Mumbai as well as Delhi, Dubai for effective
emergency response," it said in a statement.
"The AAIB (Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau), the DGCA
(Directorate General of Civil Aviation) and Flight Safety Departments have
reached for investigating the accident," it added.
Officials said civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri would go to
Kozhikode on Saturday.
The airline said its chief of operations and the chief of flight safety
had already reached Kozhikode. -- PTI
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