Thiruvananthapuram<\/strong>: The Kerala government will conduct COVID-19 tests of all the people involved in rescue operations at\u00a0Kozhikode\u00a0Airport as part of the precautionary measure, said\u00a0KK Shailaja,\u00a0Kerala Health Minister\u00a0adding that they should go into\u00a0self-quarantine.<\/p>\n \u201cAll those who were involved in rescue operations at\u00a0Kozhikode\u00a0Airport should go into\u00a0self-quarantine. State Government will conduct COVID-19 tests of all,\u201d said\u00a0KK Shailaja.<\/p>\n \u201cAll those who have participated in the rescue should inform the health department. Either contact the tollfree numbers\u20131056, 0471 2552056, or control rooms\u20130483 2733251, 2733252, 2733253, 0495 2376063, 2371471, 2373901. The health department is making a list of all those who participated in the rescue operations,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DG), Civil Aviation Ministry senior officials, Airports Authority of India, and Air Navigation Service members will meet in Delhi on Saturday over the crash-landing of an Air India Express flight in\u00a0Kozhikode\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n Two special relief flights from Delhi and one from Mumbai for rendering humanitarian assistance to all the passengers and the family members of the Air India Express crash-landing incident reached\u00a0Kozhikode\u00a0earlier today.<\/p>\n At least 18 people including two pilots have lost their lives in the incident. However, the four-cabin crew members are safe, said the Air India Express in a statement. The injured are admitted to hospitals in Malappuram and\u00a0Kozhikode, as per the state government officials.
An Air India Express plane carrying 190 passengers including 10 infants skidded while landing at Karipur Airport in\u00a0Kozhikode\u00a0on Friday evening.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/cdn.siasat.com\/wp-content\/themes\/sahifa\/images\/googlenews.svg\")