
A deadly combination of a slippery runway, strong tailwind, bad weather conditions, and landing ahead of the threshold spot could have resulted in the skidding of the ill-fated Air India Express in Kozhikode that claimed 18 lives, two aviation experts said on Saturday....

A massive search operation using man and machine, is underway on Saturday to find 50 odd people reported missing after a landslide in Munnar Rajamala in Kerala's Idukki district....

While a total of 61,537 people tested positive for Covid-19, another 933 lost their lives to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours in the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. ...

Tamil Nadu reported 5,880 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, pushing the state's tally to 285,024, officials said....

The death toll in Gujarat due to the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) has risen to 2,606 as 22 more patients succumbed to the dreaded virus, officials said. ...

The number of Covid-19 cases in the US surpassed 4.9 million on Friday, reaching 4,902,692, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University....

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 19.2 million, while the deaths have increased to over 719,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ...
In what can be seen as a further move towards Unlocking, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed OCI cardholders to enter India who belong to countries with which "air bubble" arrangements have been finalised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation....

Investigating officials from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), top officials of Air India and Air India Express have reached Kozhikode from New Delhi on Saturday, said Air India Express. ...

Air India Express accident in Kozhikode on Friday might seem similar to another such tragedy in Mangalore, 10-years-ago, however, industry insiders cite vast technical differences between the two....