Fasten your seat belt, we are experiencing bad weather… the plane is set for landing shortly". These were the last instructions for the passengers from the cockpit of the ill-fated Air India Express IX-1344 Dubai- Calicut, flight," recalls Ashraf Pulikkiyath, 55, who was fortunate to have survived the crash with minor injuries. "I was occupying seat no. 31B, which is located in the last row, towards the tail of the plane. The entire flight went smoothly, but as we entered the Calicut airbase, we began experiencing turbulence," adds Pulikkiyath, a resident of Malappuram, Kerala.

#AirIndia pays homage to Captain #DeepakSathe, the pilot of the ill-fated Air India Express flight who died after the plane crashed at Kerala's #Kozhikode airport on Saturday pic.twitter.com/Qu1hruERFU