The Boeing 737, which had 184 passengers on board, was coming in to land in heavy rain on a runway that ends in a deep gorge.
The black box and cockpit recorder have been found from a passenger plane that split in two after it crash landed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people.was landing in heavy rain near the city of Kozhikode, when it overshot the runway at Calicut International Airport and fell into a deep gorge on Friday.
The plane, which had 184 people including 10 children on board, landed on what is known as a"table top" runway after coming in from Dubai on a repatriation flight.Plane carrying 191 skids off runway in Kerala An investigation into the crash is under way, which is expected to examine whether the runway, the aircraft and the inclement weather played a part.A similar tragedy at the same airport was narrowly avoided last year and the Press Trust of India news agency reported that the country's aviation regulator had sought an explanation from the director of the airport in 2019 on finding"various critical safety lapses", including cracks in the runway and water stagnation.
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