City of calicut. The aircraft with 191 people on board broke in two afterfalling 35 feet down a ravine, but it didnt catch fire. Our correspondent Yogita Limaye has more. This plane was bringing home indians who had been stuck abroad amidst the covid pandemic. Landing in the dark amidst heavy rainfall, on what many say is a challenging runway, the plane couldnt stop in time. Both pilots are among those dead. That seems to have skidded off the runway and its a table top runway. So it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch, sort of a place. And because of that impact, there seems to have been a breaking of the fuselage into two and the aircraft, the front portion has been very badly mangled and damaged. Locals were among the first to respond. The injured, taken to hospitals in taxis and private cars. Families, searching for loved ones theyve waited months for. Many on board are believed to have been Migrant Workers whod gone overseas to earn a living. The crash is yet
Hello and welcome to bbc news. At least 16 people have died after an air india plane skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in the southern indian city of calicut. The aircraft with 191 people on board broke in two after falling 35 feet down a ravine. Our correspondent Yogita Limaye has more. This plane was bringing home indians who had been stuck abroad amidst the covid pandemic. Landing in the dark amidst heavy rainfall, on what many say is a challenging runway, the plane couldnt stop in time. Both pilots are among those dead. That seems to have skidded off the runway and we have to remember that its a table top runway. So it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch sort of a place. And because of that impact, there seems to have been a breaking of the fuselage into two and the aircraft, the front portion has been very badly mangled and damaged. Locals were among the first to respond. The injured, taken to hospitals in taxis and private cars. Families, searching for
Community suffers most. Hello and welcome to bbc news. At least 16 people have died after an air india plane skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in the southern indian city of kozhikode. The aircraft with 191 people on board broke in two after falling 35 feet down a ravine. Our correspondent Yogita Limaye has more. This plane was bringing home indians who had been stuck abroad amidst the covid pandemic. Landing in the dark amidst heavy rainfall, on what many say is a challenging runway, the plane couldnt stop in time. Both pilots are among those dead. That seems to have skidded off the runway and we must remember its a table top runway. So it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch sort of a place. And because of that impact, there seems to have been a breaking of the fuselage into two and the aircraft, the front portion has been very badly mangled and damaged. Locals were among the first to respond. The injured, taken to hospitals in taxis and private cars. Famil
Also tonight were learning that on a single day when more than 1,300 americans died of covid19, President Trump told Journalist Bob Woodward, and im quoting now, nothing more could have been done. And he went on to stress gains in the stock market. Also breaking this hour, the death toll from the historic wildfires ravaging the western United States is now at least 35 with millions of acres burned and hundreds of thousands of people forced to flee for their lives. And were also following Hurricane Sally right now. Its strengthening as it closes in on the u. S. Gulf coast and now threatening to become a strong category 2 storm before making landfall with winds as high as 105 miles an hour. Lets begin this hour with our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. The president is facing a lot of criticism for Holding Indoor events without social distancing. And hes about to hold another one in arizona. Thats right, wolf. Here he goes again. President trump is on his way to phoenix for a
January is now the second deadliest month for coronavirus. So far 64,000 deaths recorded, more than 8300 in a few days. Our biggest problem is lax of sax seen. Did the last year cost lives . You know, it very likely did. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you there. In st. Louis. And good morning, wherever you are watching this morning. Former President Trump will face an impeachment trial for the second time. We know the date now is february 9th, monday, House Democrats will walk over the single charge of incitement of insurrection to the senate. The trial will start two weeks later. Senate leaders reached a deal to delay it. Yeah, meanwhile, President Biden is attempting to push ahead with his agenda, of course, hes taking executive action to address the pandemic, the economic crisis including expanding food aid and raising the federal minimum wage. He says we need to act like were in a national emergency. Theres another urgent matter as w