Air India plane accident LIVE: PM Modi, President Kovind offer condolences

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed to rescue the landslide victims in Rajamala. Stay tuned for latest news live updates

2:29 AM

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on plane crash at Kozhikode

2:20 AM

Tragic day for Kerala, says Tharoor after Air India Express flight skids off runway

2:06 AM

Rahul expresses shock over Kozhikode plane accident

1:50 AM

Watch: Air India flight which overshot runway during landing

1:45 AM

Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi expresses anguish

1:32 AM

Indian consulate in Dubai coveys condolences over loss of lives

The Consulate of India in Dubai has expressed grief and conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the victims of the plane crash incident which took place at Kozhikode in Kerala on Friday evening.

 

The Consulate General of India (CGI), Dubai issued a helpline number for Air India Dubai -- +97142079444.

 

"As per the latest information from state authorities, search and rescue operation is over and all injured have been shifted to various hospitals like MIMS, Aster etc and in Mallapuram. Air India Dubai helpline +97142079444. CGI (Consulate General of India) Dubai expresses its deep condolences for deceased passengers," the Indian consulate in Dubai said in a tweet.

1:26 AM

Pakistan PM Imran Khan expresses grief over plane accident

1:24 AM

Helplines are open: Kerala CM

1:18 AM

Both pilots among 17 dead in plane mishap

Seventeen people were killed and scores injured when an Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 on board overshot the tabletop runway in Kozhikode airport in Kerala on Friday night while landing in heavy rains and fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into two portions, officials said.

 

The pilot-in-command Captain Deepak Sathe and his co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar were among those who died, police and airline officials said. Sathe was a former Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and had served at the force's flight testing establishment.

 

"Unfortunately the pilots have passed away and we are in touch with their families in grief," said an Air India Express statement past midnight.

1:15 AM

Two investigation teams of professionals to leave for Kozhikode