GUWAHATI: At least 18 people, including both the pilots were killed after an Air India Express flight with 190 onboard from Dubai skidded off the runway and broke in two while landing at Kerala's Kozhikode on Friday amid heavy rain.
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There were 174 passengers, 10 infants, two pilots, and four cabin crew members on board the aircraft.
According to on-ground reports, at least 112 persons were injured and taken to hospital.
Images from the scene showed a broken fuselage with pieces of the flight scattered across what appears to be a field, as well as people searching through the debris.
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The Air India Express flight (IX-1344) was part of the Vande Bharat program that has been bringing back Indians from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic.