Ranchi:

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has filed a Rs 100 crore libel complaint in Ranchi Civil Court against BJP MP Dr Nishikant Dubey for allegedly injuring his image through social media.

The libel action was brought against Mr. Dubey on August 4.

In the matter with the Member, Twitter Communications India Private Limited and Facebook India Online Services Private Limited were named as Respondents 1 and 2.

Hemant Soren claimed damages in the amount of Rs 100 crores against each of the respondents.

Mr. Dubey attacked Hemant Soren over various topics on social media platforms.

Recently he took to Twitter and accused “Soren of raping and kidnapping a woman in Mumbai in 2013”. Responding to this, while tagging Mr. Dubey, Hemant Soren said he would respond to his allegations through a legal channel.

In the lawsuit, it was said that “since July 27, 2020, Nishikant Dubey has been issuing defamatory statements”, attacking Mr. Soren “maliciously to bring him to public scandal, odium, contempt and hatred and tarnish his reputation “that he even went to the point of posting it on social networks.

Twitter Communications India Private Limited and Facebook India Online Services Private Limited have been named as respondents because they allegedly did not block or remove the publication of such derogatory messages knowing that a complainant is a reputable person, according to the lawsuit.

A brief hearing was held on August 5 and the next hearing will be on August 22.

On August 6, Dr. Nishikant Dubey again took to social media to corner Mr. Soren.

“Mr. Chief Minister, an allegation of rape and kidnapping has been made by a girl in Mumbai and you are filing complaints against me instead of her. Thank you for giving me a chance to fight against a chief minister like Saryu Roy, ”he tweeted in Hindi.

Kozhikode:

The flight data recorders of the Air India Express flight that broke after skidding off a tabletop runway amid heavy rain at Kozhikode Airport in Kerala late Friday evening have been found.

The recorders – a digital flight data recorder (DFDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) store crucial information about an aircraft’s altitude, position and speed, as well as recordings of conversations between pilots , and are essential in helping aviation investigators understand what happened to Flight IX-1344.

Eighteen people, including the two pilots, were killed after the flight from Dubai, which was carrying 190 people, skidded, overstepped the runway and slipped into a valley at 7:41 p.m. on Friday.

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, expected this afternoon in Kozhikode, has ordered an investigation.

The pilots, including a decorated former fighter pilot, had aborted two landings due to tailwind and circled the airport several times before the final landing. The region had been hit by torrential rains since Thursday.

“According to the weather radar, the approach was for runway 28 but as the pilots were having difficulty they made two roundabouts and came from the opposite side on runway 10 and the plane crashed”, reported l ANI news agency quoting an investigator from the general management. of civil aviation (DGCA).

The officer said the plane was at full speed upon landing and continued to the edge of the runway and fell into the valley.

Dubai flight IX-1344 was operating as part of the Vande Bharat mission to repatriate Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus lockdowns. There were 184 people on board, including 4 cabin crew.

Air India Express, a 100% subsidiary of Air India, has only B-737s in its fleet.

Kozhikode Airport, carved into the top of a hill with limited space at the end of the runway, is one of Kerala’s most important international terminals and handles many flights from overseas.

In 2010, an Air India Express flight crashed at Mangaluru International Airport under similar circumstances, killing 158 people.

The flight from Dubai had overstepped the runway and plunged down the cliff into a wooded valley. An investigation revealed that the captain misjudged the height during landing, which led to the flight overshooting the runway on a plateau.

Reports said authorities had not acted on a proposal to install a system at Kozhikode to prevent planes from diving from the edge.

Helpline: Air India Express – 1800 2222 71, Airport Control Room – 0483 2719493, Malappuram Collectorate – 0483 2736320, Kozhikode Collectorate – 0495 2376901.

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New Delhi / Thiruvananthapuram:

A special assistance team from Air India reached Kerala to coordinate relief and counseling for the families of the 190 people who were on board the Air India Express flight from Dubai which crashed at the airport in Dubai. Kerala Friday evening. Eighteen people, including the two pilots, were killed after the Boeing 737 skidded off the runway and shattered into pieces during an attempted landing at Kozhikode airport.

The special assistance team, called the “Angels of Air India”, was flown from Mumbai to coordinate relief and advise injured passengers as well as family members of injured and deceased passengers, Air India Express said. .

“Two special relief flights have been organized from Delhi and one from Mumbai to provide humanitarian aid to all passengers and their families,” Air India Express said in a statement.

“The President and CEO of Air India, the CEO of Air India Express, the COO as well as the Chief Flight Safety Officer of Air India have already reached Calicut,” he said. indicated.

The pilots of the Boeing 737 aborted two landings due to downwind and circled the airport several times before the final landing, which saw the aircraft overshoot the runway and roll 35 feet down. Kozhikode Airport has a tabletop runway, one of which sits atop a plateau or hill with one or both ends adjacent to a steep precipice that drops into a deep gorge.

The airport sits on a hill and several international airlines had stopped flying larger planes, including Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s, to Kozhikode due to safety concerns along the length of the runway.

“According to the weather radar, the approach was for runway 28, but as the pilots were having difficulty they made two roundabouts and came from the opposite side on runway 10 and the plane crashed,” said ANI news agency quoting an investigator from the Civil Aviation Authority. (DGCA) as said.

Air India Express flight IX-1344 from Dubai to Calicut was operating as part of the Vande Bharat mission to repatriate Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus lockdowns. Air India Express, a 100% subsidiary of Air India, has only B-737s in its fleet.

There were 184 passengers on the plane, including 10 babies and 4 cabin crew. Many of the passengers were workers returning home after losing their jobs due to the pandemic.