Final probe report on Kozhikode air crash due in January delayed by 2 months
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) to submit its draft final probe report on the August 8 Air India Express plane crash at Kerala’s Kozhiko
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Final probe report on Kozhikode air crash due in January delayed by 2 months
The civil aviation ministry has cited delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic and granted a two-month extension to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) to submit its draft final probe report on the August 8 Air India Express plane crash at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport. The report was due for submission in January, officials aware of the matter said. “Due to COVID pandemic, there is a delay being experienced in the Test Reports of components, and an extension of two months has been granted for submission of the draft final report of Investigation into VT-AXH Accident,” said a civil aviation ministry order, a copy of which HT has seen. The Air India Express Boeing-737 plane repatriating Indians stranded in Dubai due to the pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain, skidded off the table-top runway and broke into two parts after crashing nose-first into the ground. The flight was carrying 190 passengers and crew. It was the deadliest commercial aviation disaster in the country in 1…
