Former and current Indian crick💖eters have expressed shock over the Air India Express💝 plane skidding on the runway in Kozhikode on Friday (August 7), killing nineteen and leaving several seriously injured.
Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar led the cricket fraternity to offer their players to the deceased and strength to their family members. Team India skipper Virat Kohli, his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh and Ravi Shastri among many others also expressed their sadness and▨ prayed for the departed souls.
An Air India Express flight with 190 passengers on board en route from Dubai skidded off the runway and split into two while landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport in heavy rain on Friday evening. The plane fell into a 35-feet valley before splitting into three parts. The pilot-in-command Captain Deepak Sathe and his co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar were among those killed onboard.
Here’s how cricket fraternity reacted on Twitter:
Praying for those who have been affected by the aircraft accident in Kozhikode. Deepest condo൲lences to the loved ones of those who have lost their lives. 🙏🏼
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Praying for the꧙ passengers and the staff on the flight in Kozhikode. Shocking news.
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45)
Praying for the safety of everyone onboard the Express Aircraft that’s overshot the runway at Kozhikode Airport, Kerala.
Deepest condoleꦐnces to the families who have lost the💛ir near ones in this tragic accident.— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Shocking news of the Kozhikode flight crash. Pr𓂃ayers for the passengers and crew.🎀 2020 please have mercy 🙏🏻🙏🏻
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
My thoughts with the families of those affected by . The visuals from Kerala are heartbreaking. I pray for speedy recovery𝓡 of the injured 🙏
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc)
Deeply pained to learn about tragic plane incident in Kerala. My thoughts and prayers are with the injured and condolences to the families who lost༺ their loved ones in this unfortunat𓄧e incident. 🙏
— Sushma Verma (@ImSushVerma)
Absolutely gutted to hea▨r about the Kozikode ⛎flight crash. Prayers for strength to those who have been deeply affected 💔🙏🏼
— Jaydev Unadkat (@JUnadkat)
Terrible news coming from Kozhikode. Frightening visuals o⛦f the plane breaking apart. Hoping a🐽nd praying that all passengers are evacuated safely as soon as possible!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir)
Absolutely tragic incident in Kerala. I pray for a quick recovery 🅷of the injured passengers and my thou🍸ghts are with those who lost their loved ones.
— Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja)
Saddened by the news of .
Condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this unfortunate incident and prayers for aꦗ speedy recovery of those injured.— Dhawal Kulkarni (@dhawal_kulkarni)
My thoughts and prayers are wiꦡthꦿ the people injured in the plane crash in Kerala. Condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in this unfortunate incident. May they RIP.
— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
Terribly heartbreaking plane accident at . Deepest condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones. Prayers ꦅwith all the injured for a 🎀speedy recovery 🙏🏻
— Ajit Agarkar (@imAagarkar)
Really sad news from Kozhikode. Praying for the passengers and stꦿaff on the Air India flight.
— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88)
Saddened to hear ꦺthe news.. Praying for all those affected by it ��
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7)
Shocked to hear about the aircraft accident in Kozhikode. Praying for those injured and my deepest and heartfelt condolences to the family oꦯf the ones who lost their lives.
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan)
My heartfelt condolences to the family of the Pilot who lost his life during the accident & prayers forꦐ the ones injured in the Air In♛dia aircraft at
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Shocked by the tra🀅gic news of plane crash at Kozhikode. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured.
— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18)
My heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives following the crashlanding of flight in Kඣozhikode. Prayers for the spee🔥dy recovery of those injured.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Shocking to hear about the in . Deepest condolences to the lost lives & p♓raying speedy recovery for the injured people.
— Khaleel Ahmed 🇮🇳 (@imK_Ahmed13)
Shocked by the news of plane crash at Kozhikode. My prayers are with the people on board. Wishing speedy recovery to ones who are ꦐinjured.
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)
Shocked by the news of the plane crash at Kozhikode. My prayers are with the people onboard. Wishing a spe💮edy recovery to those who are injured. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
— Shubman Gill (@ShubmanGill)
Heart goes out to the passengers and crew members who were onboard flight. Hope God grants strengt꧃h to their families.
— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul)
So gutted to hear about the tragic plane crash in Kerala. My thoughts and prayers are with those injured & I hope they recover soon. May God give strength to the famil✨ies who have lost their loved ones. 🙏
— Washington Sundar (@Sundarwashi5)