As many as 20 people, including two pilots, were killed and many injured after an Air India Express flight from Dubai overshot the runway of Kerala's Karipur airport, plunged down a slope and broke into two pieces late on Friday.
The Kerala government has announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to the families of those who died in the Air India crash.
The medical expenses of those under treatment will be taken over by the state government, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at a press meet at Kozhikode Medical College. Kerala Governor Mohammed Arif Khan was also present.
Currently, 149 people are in various hospitals of Malappuram and Kozhikode, out of which 23 are in critical condition.