298 baggage pieces retrieved from plane crash site

Air India Express said it has retrieved 298 baggage pieces so far from the plane crash site at the Kozhikode airport in Kerala with the help of the US-based company Kenyon International. Moreover, it said a total of 92 passengers injured in the plane crash in Kozhikode have been discharged till date from hospitals after "obtaining complete fitness." An Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people, including a six-member crew, overshot the tabletop runway during landing at the Kozhikode airport in heavy rains on the night of August 7. The B737 plane fell into a valley 35 feet below and broke into pieces, killing 18 people, including both the pilots. The airline said with the help of Kenyon International, 298 baggage pieces have been retrieved so far from the accident site.