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NEW DELHI: An Air India plane carrying 191 passengers crashed in the southern city of Calicut on Friday and several passengers were injured, an airline spokesman and television channels said.
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The plane was coming in from Dubai and it overshot the runway as it landed. "Several passengers are injured," an Air India spokesman said.
The fuselage split into two, local television networks said.
As per local media reports, the pilot of the aircraft has died while the co-pilot is critically injured.
Sources in the DGCA told Indian Express “the aircraft overshot the runway, fell into a valley and broke up into two pieces. There are some survivors.”
(This is a developing story. More details awaited)
