I am still shaken.”Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the death toll had risen during the night to 18. The fatalities included the two pilots as well as infants aged 10 months and 18 months, according to a hospital list seen by AFP. The jet repeatedly jumped up and down in buffeting winds before the landing, survivors told Indian television. Then the emergency services took over.”One of the infants died in a car before the child could receive treatment. At least 15 people were killed on Friday after a landslide triggered by heavy rains flattened a row of huts elsewhere in the state.

Source: Punch August 08, 2020 04:18 UTC