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The Boeing 737, repatriating Indians stranded in Dubai due to the coronavirus pandemic, overshot the table-top runway and crashed while landing at Calicut International Airport in the southern state of Kerala in heavy rain on August 8, 2020. In spite of being asked to go around by the pilot monitoring the landing, the pilot flying the aircraft failed to do so, the agency said, and the monitoring pilot also failed to take over the controls and execute the order. The aircraft had already made one failed attempt to land before it overran the 2,700-metre (8,900-foot) runway. The airport is known...

An Air India Express plane with nearly 200 people on board has crash-landed during heavy rain in southern India’s Kerala state, killing at least three people and injuring more than 50 others, local officials say. The accident happened at 7:40 p.m. on Friday when the aircraft, a Boeing 737, was attempting to land at Calicut International Airport after a flight from Dubai. Visibility was said to be low due to heavy rain.

NEW DELHI: In a new twist to the controversy over the purchase of aircraft by the Air-India at an estimated cost of over $7 billion, Europe-based aircraft manufacturer Airbus has sough fresh evaluation for the 18 189-seater planes that have been selected for Air-India Express, a fully-owned subsidiary of the national carrier. In a letter to the airline, Airbus has said that selection of aircraft should be done on a typical low-cost configuration. A-I had evaluated the deal on a two-class configuration but finally chose to buy the 18 planes with an all-economy configuration. The Maharajah has favoured purchase of...