Kozhikode: A 53-year-old man, injured in the Air India Express plane crash here on August 7, died at a hospital on Saturday, taking the toll in the mishap to 20.
V Ibrahim from Wayanad district died here this noon, a senior district official said.
Eighteen people, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed and several others injured when the flight from Dubai with 190 people on board overshot the tabletop runway at the Karipur airport and fell into a valley. It had broken into pieces in the impact.
Days after the mishap, 68-year-old Aravindakshan, under treatment for leg injuries, had died of cardiac arrest, taking the toll to 19.
In the latest development, the US-based National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) has appointed its "accredited representative and technical advisors" to assist the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) in the ongoing probe.
