Kozhikode plane crash toll climbs to 20 as one more passenger dies

Kozhikode:53-year-old man, injured in the Air India Express plane crash in Kozhikode on August 7, died at a hospital on Saturday, taking the toll in the mishap to 20.

V Ibrahim from Wayanad district died here this noon, District Information Officer said.Eighteen people, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed and others injured when the flight from Dubai with 190 people onboard overshot the tabletop runway at the Karipur airport and fell into a valley.

Days after the mishap, 68-year-old Aravindakshan, under treatment for leg injuries, had died of cardiac arrest, taking the toll to 19.

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