Air India Flight Crash: Indian cricketers express grief, offer condolences

At least 20 of the 190 people on board, including both the pilot and the co-pilot, were killed in the crash.

By Salman Anjum - 08 Aug, 2020

Air India flight with 190 on board skids off runway in Kozhikode | Twitter An Air India Express flight overshot and fell 50 metres off the end of the runway at the Kozhikode airport on Friday (August 7), breaking into two.

As per the media reports, at least 20 of the 190 people on board, including both the pilot and the co-pilot, lost lives in the crash.

The Air India Express aircraft was part of India's "Vande Bharat" mission to bring back expatriates from foreign countries.

The aircraft has been identified as AXB1344, B737 Dubai (DXB) to Calicut (CCJ). According to the inputs, a missed approach was carried out first followed by a second attempt to land the aircraft when it overshot the runway. The aircraft's actual speed was higher than the landing speed.

As soon as the unfortunate news came out, current and former Indian cricketers took to Twitter and offered deepest condolences to the victims’ families.

Here are the tweets:

Terrible news coming from Kozhikode. Frightening visuals of the plane breaking apart. Hoping and praying that all passengers are evacuated safely as soon as possible!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 7, 2020

Kozhikode #flightcrash .. is there anything that this year won’t see?? ????
— Ashwin ???????? (@ashwinravi99) August 7, 2020

Really sad news from Kozhikode. Praying for the passengers and staff on the Air India flight.
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) August 7, 2020

Praying for the safety of everyone onboard the #AirIndia Express Aircraft that’s overshot the runway at Kozhikode Airport, Kerala.
Deepest condolences to the families who have lost their near ones in this tragic accident.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 7, 2020

My heartfelt condolences to the family of the Pilot who lost his life during the accident & prayers for the ones injured in the Air India aircraft at #Kozhikode #AirIndiaExpress
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) August 7, 2020

Praying for the passengers and the staff on the #AirIndia flight in Kozhikode. Shocking news.
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) August 7, 2020

Praying for those who have been affected by the aircraft accident in Kozhikode. Deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who have lost their lives. ????????
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 7, 2020

My heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives following the crashlanding of #AirIndiaExpress flight in Kozhikode. Prayers for the speedy recovery of those injured.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 7, 2020

My thoughts and prayers are with the people injured in the plane crash in Kerala. Condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in this unfortunate incident. May they RIP.
— K L Rahul (@klrahul11) August 7, 2020

2 tragedies in Kerala today. First the landslide in Idukki district and now the #AirIndia flight that crashed in #Kozhikode. Deepest condolences to the friends & families of those who tragically lost their lives. Praying for the speedy recovery of the injured. Stay strong Kerala!
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 7, 2020

Absolutely tragic incident in Kerala. I pray for a quick recovery of the injured passengers and my thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones.
— Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja) August 7, 2020

Shocked by the tragic news of plane crash at Kozhikode. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured.
— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18) August 7, 2020

Shocking news of the Kozhikode flight crash. Prayers for the passengers and crew. 2020 please have mercy ????????????????
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) August 7, 2020

Very unfortunate event at Kozhikode. Visuals coming from the Karipur airport are disturbing. My thoughts and prayers are with the families onboard the flight. ????????
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) August 7, 2020

Saddened to hear the #AirIndia news.. Praying for all those affected by it ????
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) August 7, 2020

Air India Flight Crash: Indian cricketers express grief, offer condolences

At least 20 of the 190 people on board, including both the pilot and the co-pilot, were killed in the crash.

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