Air India plane crash: Kamal Haasan & Sonu Sood express grief, condole loss of lives

An Air India Express flight, coming from Dubai with 190 passengers and crew, overshot  tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport in Kerala and sedived into a 50 feet deep valley breaking into two pieces on Friday evening, as per police sources.

airlines in a press release informed that re were 184 passengers and six crew members on board. So far, casualty figure has risen to 18, including two pilots Capt. DV Sa and First Officer Capt. Akhilesh Kumar, while or four crew members are safe and injured are being treated at hospitals in Malappuram and Kozhikode. Youngest to succumb in trdy is a one-year-old boy who was undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital after plane crash.

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Bollywood "superhero" amid pandemic, Sonu Sood took to his micro-blogging account and expressed his grief for families of deceased in Air India trdy. He urged his followers to "do ir bit" to help se families. Veteran actor-politician Kamal Haasan, on or hand, conveyed his condolences to families and wrote words of encourment for medical professionals.

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 Air India Express Employees Union has issued a statement and said that ir loss has deeply saddened crew fraternity. y also extended deepest sympathies to passengers who lost ir lives and are injured in incident. y also said that cabin crew received some injuries and are under treatment in Kozhikode hospital. 

Read | Air India Plane crash: Employees Union extends condolences to pilots who lost ir lives

Here is full statement:

Dear all,

Heartfelt condolences and prayers to our dear departed soul Capt. DV Sa and First Officer Capt. Akhilesh Kumar of our flight IX-1344. ir loss has deeply saddened crew fraternity. y shall really be missed.

May God Almighty, give m peace and ease pain of ir family and friends.

We extend our deepest sympathies to pax who lost lives on Air India Express flight  IX-1344 returning from Dubai.

This is to inform you that cabin crew received some injuries and is under treatment in Kozhikode hospital. 

With sincere sympathy,

Air India Express Employees Union
AIXEU

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