Kozhikode: The Kozhikode airport was witnessed Screams of pain, blood soaked clothing, terrified children and the blare of ambulance sirens captured the distressing scene on Friday night after the aircraft from Dubai crash landed and fell into a Gorge with a deafening sound, killing atleast 17 people.

Amid heavy rain, while rescue personnel, including the local civil police scrambled to pull out the injured men and women from the aircraft that broke into two big chunks, passengers were too stunned to even comprehend what had happened in a matter of moments.

Screams of people in pain in the initial chaotic moments were appalling. Children, some as young as four and five years clung on to rescue personnel as shoes and baggage, strewn around, bore the tell-tale signs of the agonizing moments endured by passengers. The scene at the hospitals, where the injured were rushed, had similar images as health workers rushed to provide relief.

People living nearby pitched in on time to lend a helping hand to the grief struck passengers. According to local people sources said he rushed to the airport after hearing a “terrible thud” when the flight fell. “Small kids were trapped under the seats and it was such a distressing sight”.  “When we reached there some were deplaned. Many of them were seriously injured. Legs were broken… My hands and shirt were soaked in the blood”.