Air India Express crash: 4 children among 18 dead; victims identified – News

Eighteen people, including two crew members, lost their lives after Air India Express Flight IX 1344 from Dubai overshot the runway while landing at the Calicut International Airport on Friday. Among the victims were four children aged between one and five years old.
Air India Express confirmed the 18 victims on Twitter on Saturday.

According to the airline, the deceased are:

Mohammed Riyas, 24 years old – Palakkad
Saheer Sayed, 38 years old – Malappuram
Lailabi KV, 51 – Malappuram
Rajeevan Cherikka Parambil, 61 years old – Kozhikode
Manal Ahamed, 25 years old – Kozhikode
Sharafudheenn, 35 years old – Kozhikode
Janaky Kunnoth, 55 years old – Kozhikode
Azam Muhammed Chembayi, 1 – Kozhikode
Santha Marakkat, 59 years old – Malappuram
Sudheer Vaariyath, 45 years old – Malappuram
Sheza Fathima, 2 years old – Malappuram
Remya Muraleedharan, 32 years old – Kozhikode
Aysha Dua, 2 years old – Palakkad
Shivathmika, 5 – Kozhikode
Zhenobia, 40 years old – Kozhikode
Sahira Banu, 29 years old – Kozhikode

Crew:
Akhilesh Kumar
Deepak Sathe

The deceased were from Malappuram, Kozhikode and Palakkad districts of Kerala. There were 184 passengers and six crew members on board.