At 7:40 pm the Air India Express Boeing 737 aircraft from Dubai with 190 people skidded off the table-top runway in heavy rain and went down a 35 me slope hill, 18 people died and more than 150 injured. All survivor were admitted to different hospitals and were also tested for COVID-19.
At 7:40 p.m. Assistant Sub Inspector Ajith Singh (present at crash gate) sent the first message to the CISF control room, after a second seeing the plane go down. Crash gates at airport landing and take-off points are meant for emergency responses.
- At 7:41 pm, the CISF control room called the Air Traffic Control and CISF quick response team.
- At 7:42 pm, the airport Fire Station was alerted.
- At 7:43 pm, the CISF called the Airport Health Department.
- At 7:44 pm, the CISF control room contacted the terminal manager of the airport, airport director and made a second call to Airport Health.
- At 7:45 pm, the CISF control room informs local police and the agency's unit lines.
Within 5 to seven minutes of the accident residents in that area too had reached the crash gate near which the plane went down.
This was India's worst passenger aircraft accident since 2010.
