Air India flight breaks into two at Kochi airport, many injured

Air India Flight 1344 flying from Dubai to Kochi carrying 184 people overshot the runway and split into two as it landed at the Kochi airport at 7:40 PM on Friday (August 7).

According to reports, several people have been injured who have been taken to the hospital at Malappuram.

Kochi airport has a table-top runway and flights are diverted to nearby airports if there is a bad weather. However, this was not done on Friday.

Initial reports mentioned that all members were safe and that there were no casualties.

More details are awaited