India's 191-person passenger plane dashed off the runway, causing 17 deaths, no Chinese citizens casualties

Update at 3:50 on August 8:

  People in the Indian aviation industry said that fortunately, the plane in the accident did not catch fire when it landed, otherwise the number of casualties could be more. Because it was raining heavily and the weather conditions were bad, the crashed plane ran off the runway during the second attempt to land.

  The official in Kerala said that about 5 hours after the plane crash, the search and rescue work on the scene was over. (Headquarters reporter Wang Jianbing)

Update at 3:15 on August 8:

  No Chinese citizens were injured or killed in the accident

  According to the understanding of the Chinese Embassy in India, the accident did not involve Chinese citizens, and there were no casualties of Chinese citizens.

  It is understood that the passenger plane involved in the accident belongs to Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India and a low-cost airline headquartered in Cochin, Kerala, India. (Headquarters reporter Wang Jianbing)

Update at 2:45 on August 8:

  As of 2:45 on the 8th, Beijing time, an Air India plane had crossed the runway and caused 17 deaths, including 2 crew members, 15 passengers on board, and more than 120 injured. At present, 15 passengers are in critical condition. .

Update at 2:15 on August 8:

  A total of 15 people were killed, a pilot and 14 passengers on board, 125 were injured and rushed to hospital, 108 ambulances rushed to the scene to rescue. The local government sent search and rescue personnel to the scene to find passengers and crew members who might be buried under the wreckage.

Local media quoted Indian civil aviation as saying that the possibility of improper operation by pilots during landing is not ruled out.

△The high-rise runway of the accident airport

  According to analysis by Indian industry insiders, Kazhikode International Airport is a high-desktop airport, just like an airplane landing on a high narrow platform, it is very difficult to land on rainy days.

  In addition, according to UAE Gulf News, Indian Consul General in Dubai, Aman Puri, stated that the Indian Consulate General in Dubai has opened 4 24-hour helplines to provide relevant information to passengers’ families. (Headquarters reporter Wang Jianbing Gao Zhan Liao Jiyong Zhou Xuan)

Update at 0:50 on August 8:

  So far, the accident has killed 14 people, including 1 crew member and 13 passengers, and injured 138 people, 15 of whom were seriously injured. A large number of the injured have been sent to the local hospital for treatment.

  According to local media reports, the passenger plane involved was Air India’s Boeing-737, flight number IX1344, which was carrying out the task of evacuating stranded Indian nationals from Dubai, UAE. Since it was raining heavily when the passenger plane landed and visibility was extremely poor, this may be the main cause of the passenger plane crash. According to scenes reported by local media, the crashed airliner had been broken into two pieces, but no fire accident occurred.

According to a report from the Civil Aviation Authority of India on the evening of the 7th, a total of 184 passengers and 7 crew members were on board at the time of the incident.

  After the accident, Indian Prime Minister Modi, Minister of the Interior Amit Shah and many other dignitaries expressed their grief over the crash of the passenger plane, and expressed condolences to the families of the victims in the accident, and requested all relevant departments to go all out to carry out rescue operations. jobs.

  At present, the Indian National Disaster Emergency Response Force and other relevant personnel have rushed to the scene to carry out rescue work. However, the continuous heavy rain at the crash site has caused great inconvenience to the rescue work. With the deepening of rescue work, the number of casualties may increase further. (Headquarters reporter Liao Jiyong and Wang Jianbing)

Update at 0:40 on August 8:

  Up to now, a total of 10 people were killed, a pilot and 9 passengers on board, more than 50 people were injured and rushed to hospital, 108 ambulances have been rushed to the scene of the accident.

  According to local media reports, the incoming plane landed on Runway 10 at the time of the incident, but the plane kept taxiing forward after landing, and finally dashed off the runway and crashed into a trench about 9 meters deep at the end of the runway. The front of the crashed plane eventually crashed completely.

  The local government has sent search and rescue personnel to the scene to search and rescue passengers and crew members. The General Administration of Civil Aviation of India requested an investigation into the cause of the accident. Information from the General Administration of Civil Aviation showed that the visibility of the airport was 2,000 meters at that time, but it was raining heavily at the airport site and the visibility was not ideal. (Headquarters reporter Wang Jianbing and Liao Jiyong)

News at 23:35 on August 7:

  At about 19:45 on the 7th local time, an Air India passenger plane dashed off the runway when it landed at Kazhikode International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, southern India. It is reported that the passenger plane flew from Dubai, UAE to Kalipur, with 191 passengers on board.

  According to local media reports, the crashed plane had been broken in two. A pilot and two passengers on the plane were confirmed dead. More than 40 people were injured and rushed to hospital. 24 ambulances have already arrived at the scene of the accident.

  It is understood that it was raining heavily at the time of the incident and visibility was extremely poor.

  At present, there is still heavy rain at the crash site, which has a great impact on search and rescue. The local government has sent search and rescue personnel to the scene to find the passengers and crew on board. (Headquarters reporter Liao Jiyong, Wang Jianbing and Gao Zhan)