Captain Deepak Vasant Sathe was a former IAF MiG 21 test pilot with 17 Squadron (Golden Arrows) in Ambala who served the country for 22 years before retiring in 2003 after which he moved to commercial flying

Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will reach Kozhikode in the afternoon

Air India plane crash: Indian consulate in Dubai to stay open for travel-related assistanceThe Indian Consulate in Dubai will remain open on Saturday to help those who need assistance to travel to Kerala and provide information about the crash of the Air India Express flight that skidded off a hilltop runway and split in two while landing in heavy rain at an airport in Kozhikode, killing at least 19 people.Two tragedies strike Kerala in a day: Over 30 dead in plane crash and floodsWith flo...

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 17 people

The flight was coming from Dubai and was part of the Vande Bharat Mission, which started repatriating stranded Indian citizens from foreign countries

The Civil Aviation Ministry said the B737 aircraft overshot the runway at 7.41 PM on Friday but no fire was reported at the time of landing

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According to the Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport at 7.41 PM on Friday

Experts say that the apparent cause of the accident seems like poor weather coupled with contaminated runway that could have prompted the pilot to take extremely poor braking action

An Air India Express aircraft from Dubai skidded off the runway at Kozhikode (Karipur) International airport in Kerala. It nosedived. There were 189 passengers and six crew members onboard at the time. The injured have been rushed to hospitals. Both pilots are dead.

The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft which is produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Washington

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The fatalities include both children and adults. Investigators have not yet been able to establish the cause behind the mid-air collision or the number of people aboard each plane

Out of 860 pilots, 262 pilots did not give the exam themselves and asked someone else to sit on their behalf, Pakistan Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said

A total of 97 people including the aircraft crew died in the crash, one of the most catastrophic aviation disasters in Pakistan's history

According to the Ministry of National Health Service, 18,314 patients have till now recovered from the virus, while 1,197 have died so far, including 30 during the last 24 hours

Just before the The PIA (Pakistan International Airline) plane with 99 passengers on board crashed yesterday, the pilot had reported technical problems. The plane crashed in a residential area of Karachi , little short of Karachi airport. 97 passengers have died while two have survived. Hear the voice of the pilot who reported engine failure minutes before the crash. Watch the video for more. Delhi airport to open from May 25; all domestic flights to run from Terminal 3

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At least 37 people died, when a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane, with 99 people on board, crashed into a densely populated residential area, near the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Friday. Flight PK-8303 from Lahore was about to land in Karachi when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just a minute before its landing. The aircraft had lost both its engines and was on fire. Watch the video for more.Also Read: This too shall pass! Why CEA Subramanian pegs GDP growth at 2%

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