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Air India Express flight skids off runway in Kerala with 190 passengers on board, splits in two Two dead, 35 injured after Air India Express flight skids off runway in Kerala with 191 people on board, splits in two
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An Air India Express passenger flight en route from Dubai with at least 191 people on board has overshot the runway during landing at Kerala's Kozhikode airport. An Air India Express passenger flight en route from Dubai with 191 people on board has overshot the runway during landing at Kerala's Kozhikode airport. Two deaths were confirmed with at least 35 others injured.
According to local media reports, the plane overshot the runway, fell into a valley and broke into two pieces.According to local media reports, the plane overshot the runway, fell into a valley and broke into two pieces.
India's NDTV news reported that one of the pilots also died in the crash.
Images and video circulating on social media show the aircraft broken up in two pieces with rescue operations underway.
Local reports said that the aircraft did not catch fire and that passengers were being evacuated. 
The disaster happened amid heavy rainfall in the area.The disaster happened amid heavy rainfall in the area.
The Blood Donors India volunteer group has issued an urgent plea for people to come forward to donate blood at two hospitals in the city of Kozhikode.
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