Skipper Deepak Sathe is the pilot of the Air India Express flight who passed on alongside 17 others after the plane smashed at Kerala’s Kozhikode air terminal. Commander Sathe, who was the pilot-in-order and his co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar were among the people who passed on in the episode. He was pilot of Air India Express conveying travelers from Dubai in ‘Vande Bharat Mission’, which slid off the runway at Kozhikode International Airport.
Deepak Sathe’s career
Deepak was an accomplished airborne administrator with 36 years of flying experience. A passout of NDA, clincher in the 58th course and an awardee of ‘Blade of Honor’, Deepak served Indian Air Force for a considerable length of time prior to joining as a Commercial Pilot with Air India in 2005.
Unknown Facts About Deepak Sathe
- Sathe lived in Nahar Amrit Shakti housing complex in Chandivali in Mumbai with his wife Sushma for nearly 15 years.
- His brother, Captain Vikas, was also an Armyman, who laid his life while serving in Jammu region
- He had survived an air crash in the early 1990s when he was in the Air Force and was hospitalised for six months
Deepak Sathe Biography
| Name | Deepak Sathe |
| Real Name | Deepak Vasanth Sathe |
| Nickname | DV Sathe |
| Profession | Pilot of the Air India Express |
| Date of Birth | 1962 |
| Age | 58 |
| Father Name | Brigadier Vasant Sathe |
| Mother Name | Yet to be updated |
| Height | 5’10” |
| Weight | Yet to be updated |
| Zodiac Sign / Sun Sign | Not known |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Educational Qualification | Graduate |
| Hobbies | Yet to be updated |
| Hometown | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Married | Yes |
| Wife Name | Sushma |
| Current City | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |