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.
As per requirements of Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents & Incidents) Rules 2017 & ICAO Annex 13, AAIB as the State of Occurrence has notified NTSB being State of Manufacturer about the accident.
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"Accordingly, NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has appointed Accredited Representative and Technical Advisors to assist in the investigation as per ICAO Annex 13 protocol," AAIB told reporters.
Meanwhile, AAIB has appointed a five-member team headed by Captain SS Chahar to probe the accident. A senior official from the ministry from civil aviation said the investigation will be thoroughly conducted and the report is expected to be submitted before the internationally accepted time limit of one year.
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With PTI inputs
