23 CRASH SURVIVORS CRITICAL: KERALA CM

As many as 23 passengers, who were hospitalised after the Air India Airport Express crashed at Kozhikode airport on August 7, are in critical condition, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday.

Sixteen people lost their lives after the AI flight carrying 190 people from Dubai met with the accident at the airport in Kozhikode on August 7, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, had said.

The CM had announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of each passenger after the incident.

Meanwhile, giving details on the landslide that struck Idukki a couple of days ago, Vijayan said that as many as five more bodies have been recovered from the site.

"Five more dead bodies found today taking the total death toll to 48. One body is yet to be identified. 22 people are still missing," he said.

Sharing details of the video conference, he had with Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day regarding review of flood situation, the chief minister said: "Thank PM for sending NDRF teams to Kerala for various flood rescue missions. Also, thank the Centre for the help extended for rescue missions in Rajamala landslide and during Kozhikode plane crash." "A detailed report regarding flood scenario in Kerala will be submitted to centre."

Among passengers hospitalised after the plane crash at Karipur airport, 23 passengers are in a critical state and 3 have been put on the ventilator, while 81 others are recovering. — Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala CM