Air India Express Boeing 737 crash: 92 injured passengers discharged from hospitals
Christian Fernsby ▼ | August 13, 2020
Air India Express said on Thursday that a total of 92 passengers injured in the plane crash in Kozhikode have been discharged from hospitals after "obtaining complete fitness".Article continues below
Topics: AIR INDIA EXPRESS BOEING Seven passengers were discharged from various hospitals in Kozhikode between morning and Thursday morning, the airline indicated.
It had said morning that a total of 85 injured passengers have been discharged.
An Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people, including a six-member crew, overshot the tabletop runway during landing at the Kozhikode airport in heavy rain on the night of August 7.
The B737 plane fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into pieces, killing 18 people, including both the pilots.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said on Saturday that 149 people have been admitted to hospitals, 23 discharged, while three were critically injured in the plane crash.
"As on date, 92 injured passengers have been discharged from various hospitals after obtaining their complete fitness," it said in a statement on Thursday morning.
Air India Express, a wholly owned subsidiary of national carrier Air India, has only B737 aircraft in its fleet.
The black box of an Air India Express jet that overshot the tabletop runway of the Calicut International Airport while arriving from Dubai, nosedived and split into two was recovered on Saturday.
The crash has claimed 16 lives, including the two pilots.
Air India Express on Saturday said it will provide an interim compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family members of the deceased passengers over 12 years of age and above Rs 5 lakh to those of passengers below the age of 12.
Rs 2 lakh each will be given to critically injured passengers and Rs 50,000 to other injured passengers. ■ What to read next
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