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Death Toll From India Plane Hard Landing Rises to 20 People – Reports

© AP PhotoThe Air India Express flight at the airport in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India
The Air India Express flight at the airport in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The number of people, who have died in the hard landing of an Air India Express Boeing 737 plane in the city of Kozhikode in southern India's Kerala state, has increased to 20, Indian media reported.

According to earlier reports, 16 persons were killed in the incident.

More than 140 people were injured in the hard landing, with 15 of them having sustained serious injuries, The Hindustan Times newspaper reported.

Images from the crash site show that the cockpit and the front of the aircraft are completely destroyed, with wreckage scattered on the runway and beyond.

© AFP 2023 / ARUNCHANDRA BOSEThe wreckage from an Air India Express jet in Karipur, Kerala
Death Toll From India Plane Hard Landing Rises to 20 People – Reports - Sputnik International
The wreckage from an Air India Express jet in Karipur, Kerala
© REUTERS / STRINGERRescue workers in Idukki, Kerala
Death Toll From India Plane Hard Landing Rises to 20 People – Reports - Sputnik International
Rescue workers in Idukki, Kerala

The Air India Express jetliner with 191 people on board skidded off the runway and split into two parts after landing at the Kozhikode airport on late Friday.

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