An Air India Express plane with 190 people on board, overshot the rain-soaked runway at an airport near the southern city of Kozhikode on Friday. Air India Express is the low cost arm of state carrier Air India. Airports with table-top runways are subject to the same rigorous regulatory requirements and are periodically audited for safety, Kumar said. In 2010, an Air India Express plane overshot a similar runway in the southern city of Mangalore. Subsequently, the runway safety area was increased to 240 metres, more than the 90 metres prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, he said.

Source: bd News24 August 11, 2020 06:33 UTC