Expert who probed Mangalore crash lists likely reasons for Kozhikode mishap

Bhushan Gokhale said that the inquiry panel will also look into why pilots had to take the decision to land compulsorily in Kozhikode if visibility was a problem there

Air Marshal (Retired) Bhushan Gokhale, who investigated the Mangalore plane crash in which around 158 passengers were killed in 2010, listed possible causes behind the Kozhikode plane tragedy and stated that inquiry panel will go into detailed issues related to the mishap.

"In the 2010 Mangalore incident, 158 people had died. The casualties are low in this Kozhikode tragedy. The reason why 158 people died in the Mangalore incident was because the plane went down deep and people died due to asphyxiation and only 8 survived. In the Kozhikode incident, the plane went down for around 30-40 foot," he told