Co-Pilot Who Died In Kerala Crash Was Days Away From Becoming Father

The tragic Kozhikode crash has left a terrible void in a family in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, co-pilot of the ill-fated Air India Express flight which broke into two pieces on Friday evening on landing at Kerala's Kozhikode Airport, has left his family forever.

Co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, resident of Govind Nagar in Mathura, was among the 18 who died in the tragic crash at the Karipur Airport on Friday evening.

Akhilesh had started flying for Air India Express in 2017 and was co-piloting the Vande Bharat flights between Dubai and Kerala on Friday.