Operation of wide- bodied aircraft at Calicut airport soon
The Hindu
It had remained suspended after an AIE flight crashed in August last killing 21 people
Efforts are on to resume the operation of wide bodied aircraft at Calicut Airport with a nine-member committee chaired by Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola positively indicating about its resumption within two months
The operation of wide-bodied aircraft has been remaining suspended after an Air India Express flight skidded off the table-top runway and plunged into a gorge in August last. The crash killed 21 people including both pilots and seriously injured 75 passengers.
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