Kozhikode plane crash: Bollywood stars express grief, offer condolences
The death toll in the flight crash landing incident rose to 18, including two pilots, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday.
New Delhi: Actors Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Ajay Devgn, Esha Gupta, and Shraddha Kapoor extended prayers and condoled the demise of passengers who lost their lives in the Air India Express tragedy on Friday evening.
Expressing shock over the tragic incident, actor Akshay Kumar tweeted, “for the Terrible news! Praying for the safety of all the passengers and crew on board the #AirIndia Express flight. My deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones.”
Esha Gupta expressed grief over the demise of the pilot, and tweeted, “Prayers and condolences to the family and loved ones of Cpt Deepak Vasanth Sathe Sir. He wasn’t just a regular trained pilot, he served as the Experimental Test Pilot in the IAF.RIP sir #AirIndiaExpress.”
Ajay Devgn took to Twitter and wrote, “Disturbed by the #AirIndia flight tragedy. My prayers are with all the passengers and crew members onboard and deepest condolences to those who lost their loved ones.”
Preity Zinta extended her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and tweeted, “Pained to hear about the Air India flight mishap at Kozhikode Airport. Praying for the health and safety of the passengers and the crew on board. My deep condolences to the family and friends of those who have lost their loved ones.”
“Very heartbreaking to hear about the #KozhikodeAirCrash. Prayers and healing to the injured passengers. Deepest condolences and strength to those who have lost their loved ones.” Tweeted Shraddha Kapoor as she felt heartbroken to hear about the tragic incident.
The senior actors aslo took to Twitter to condole the demise of the passengers and two pilots in the tragic incident.
“My heart goes out to the passengers and crew members onboard the #AirIndia flight. Deepest condolences to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones. Thoughts and prayers,” tweeted Shah Rukh Khan.
My heart goes out to the passengers and crew members onboard the #AirIndia flight. Deepest condolences to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones. Thoughts and prayers…
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 7, 2020
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan also prayed for the families of the deceased and said, “A terrible tragedy .. Air India crash in Kerala, Kozhikode airport, plane skids off the runway on landing in heavy rain .. Prayers.”
T 3620 – A terrible tragedy .. Air India crash in Kerala, Kozhikode airport , plane skids off the runway on landing in heavy rain ..
Prayers .. ?— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 7, 2020
The southern superstar Kamal Haasan also took to Twitter to grief over the incident and for lauding the airport staff as well as medical professionals for dealing with tragedy swiftly.
“Condolences to the families who lost their members in the Kozhikode crash. Best wishes to those recovering in Hospitals,” tweeted Hasaan.
Condolences to the families who lost their members in the Kozhikode crash. Best wishes to those recovering in Hospitals. Kudos to the citizens of Calicut and the under-equipped staff of the airport. More strength to the already overworked medical professionals of Kerala.
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) August 8, 2020
“Kudos to the citizens of Calicut and the under-equipped staff of the airport. More strength to the already overworked medical professionals of Kerala,” he added.
Shatrughan Sinha had also taken to the micro-blogging site early Saturday and mourned the demise of the two pilots who lost their lives saving the passengers.
Very tragic to hear about the #CalicutAirCrash. We mourn the loss of Wing Cmdr.DVSathe & Akhilesh Kumar who died saving passengers. Heartfelt condolences & strength to their families & those who lost their loved ones. Prayers & healings to the injured passengers.#CalicutAirCrash
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) August 8, 2020
“Very tragic to hear about the #CalicutAirCrash. We mourn the loss of Wing Cmdr.DVSathe & Akhilesh Kumar who died saving passengers,” he tweeted.
“Heartfelt condolences & strength to their families & those who lost their loved ones. Prayers & healings to the injured passengers. #CalicutAirCrash,” he added.
The death toll in the flight crash landing incident rose to 18, including two pilots, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday.
Two special relief flights have been arranged from Delhi and one from Mumbai for rendering humanitarian assistance to all the passengers and the family members in the crash-landing incident at Kozhikode, according to Air India Express.
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Flight Safety Departments have reached to investigate the incident, the Air India Express stated.