Air India plane crash: 18 killed as aircraft skids off runway; breaks in two

Both the pilots and 16 passengers were killed and dozens injured after an Air India Express plane with 190 passengers on board skidded off the runway Friday evening at the Karipur airport in the Kozhikode city of India’s Kerala state. The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, overshot the runway, and broke into two pieces. The disaster happened amid heavy rainfall in the area.

Air India plane crash: 18 killed as aircraft skids off runway; breaks in two

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