Air India Express plane crash: Flight overshot runway in rainy conditions, says Hardeep Singh Puri

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people onboard overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday in rainy conditions and went down 35 feet into a slope before breaking up into two pieces.

"Under the Vande Bharat Mission, the flight was coming from Dubai carrying 190 passengers. Pilot must have tried to bring the flight to the end of tabletop airport's runway where it skidded due to slippery conditions owing to monsoon," Hardeep Singh Puri said.