An
Air
India
Express
plane
with
190
people
on
board
crash
landed
at
Kerala's
Kozhikode
airport
on
Friday
night,
August
7,
2020.
At
least
15
people
were
killed
in
the
crash
caused
by
the
flight
skidding
off
the
runway.
Both
the
pilots
are
reported
to
have
died,
one
of
whom
is
Wing
Commander
Deepak
Vasant
Sathe.
The
Flight
IX-1344
was
returning
from
Dubai.
Bollywood
celebrities
such
as
Akshay
Kumar,
Disha
Patani,
Raveena
Tandon,
Ajay
Devgn,
Esha
Gupta
and
Vivek
Anand
Oberoi
took
to
their
social
media
handles
to
send
prayers
to
the
victims
and
offer
condolences
to
the
deceased
and
their
families.
Akshay
Kumar
wrote
on
Twitter,
"Terrible
news!
Praying
for
the
safety
of
all
the
passengers
and
crew
onboard
the
#AirIndia
Express
flight.
My
deepest
condolences
to
those
who
have
lost
their
loved
ones."
Terrible
news!
Praying
for
the
safety
of
all
the
passengers
and
crew
onboard
the
#AirIndia
Express
flight.
My
deepest
condolences
to
those
who
have
lost
their
loved
ones
🙏🏻
Disha
Patani
tweeted,
"Deeply
shocked
by
the
tragic
crash
landing
of
the
#AirIndia
aircraft
that
overshot
the
runway
in
Kozhikode.
Prayers
for
all
passengers,
pilots
&
crew
on
board
and
at
Calicut
Airport.
Terrible
year
this."
Deeply
shocked
by
the
tragic
crash
landing
of
the
#AirIndia
aircraft
that
overshot
the
runway
in
Kozhikode.
Prayers
for
all
passengers,
pilots
&
crew
on
board
and
at
Calicut
Airport.
Terrible
year
this🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Ajay
Devgn
wrote,
"Disturbed
by
the
#AirIndia
flight
tragedy.
My
prayers
are
with
all
the
passengers
and
crew
members
onboard
and
deepest
condolences
to
those
who
lost
their
loved
ones."
Disturbed
by
the
#AirIndia
flight
tragedy.
My
prayers
are
with
all
the
passengers
and
crew
members
onboard
and
deepest
condolences
to
those
who
lost
their
loved
ones.
Vivek
Anand
Oberoi
wrote,
"Another
heartbreaking
tragedy
of
2020
,
the
crash
of
Air
India
Express
in
Kozhikode!
Condolences
to
the
families
who
lost
their
loved
ones
and
prayers
for
the
quick
recovery
of
the
injured
passengers."
Another
heartbreaking
tragedy
of
2020
,
the
crash
of
Air
India
Express
in
Kozhikode!
Condolences
to
the
families
who
lost
their
loved
ones
and
prayers
for
the
quick
recovery
of
the
injured
passengers.🙏
The
Air
India
flight
had
174
passengers,
10
infants,
two
pilots
and
four
cabin
crew
members.
At
least
112
are
reported
to
have
been
injured.
The
flight
was
part
of
the
Vande
Bharat
programme
that
has
been
bringing
back
Indians
stuck
abroad
amid
the
COVID-19
pandemic.