Eighteen passengers, including two pilots, were killed when Air India flight IX-1344 from Dubai skidded off the tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport, Kerala, broke into two and the front half fell 30 metre down a slope. More than 150 psasengers of the Boeing 737 aircraft were injured in the accident. The pilot, Wing Commander (retired) Deepak Sathe, was cremated with state honours in Mumbai.