At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain near the southern city of Kozhikode on Friday, officials said. The wreckage of the Air India Express flight is seen at the airport in Calicut, Kerala state, India, on Friday. The crash of the Air India Express passenger plane happened in the southern city of Calicut. Air India Express AXB1344 was a government-operated repatriation flight for Indians previously unable to return home because of the travel restrictions. A part of the Air India Express flight is seen through a broken wall after it skidded off the airport runway.

Source: CBC News August 07, 2020 16:04 UTC