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Air India Crash: Casualties Increase, 18 Confirmed Dead
The death toll of Air India Express Calicut crash increased on Saturday morning with a total of 18 deaths, including two pilots. Till late on Friday evening, the death toll was 17.
Air India Boeing 737, operating flight IX-1344 from Dubai to Calicut with 184 passengers and six crew members on board touched down at 7.40 pm in rain and adverse wind conditions on runway 10 of Calicut airport. The aircraft dropped into a gorge, the fuselage split into two.
