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159 feared dead in Mangalore air crash
2ND LD CRASH
Mangalore, May 22 (PTI) All but seven people on an Air
India Express plane from Dubai with 166 persons on board are
feared dead when the Boeing aircraft crashed and caught fire
on Saturday after it overshot the brand new runway while
landing at the Mangalore airport.
"As far as the information available with us is
concerned, eight persons were rescued and shifted to local
hospitals in Mangalore for their treatment," Air India
personnel director Anup Shrivastava told reporters in Mumbai.
Among the eight survivors, one person died on the way to
hospital, an AirIndia spokesman said
The state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800, which was inducted
on January 15, 2008 and piloted by Serbian expatriate Capt
Zlatko Glusica, had 160 passengers and a six-member crew on
board the budget carrier. The passengers included four
infants. Glusica(55) had 10,000 hours hours of flying
experience, an official said.
Police said 65 charred bodies have been recovered and
that fire has been doused from the accident site in this
coastal city, nearly six hours after one of India's worst ever
air mishap occurred at 6.30 AM. A majority of the victims are
Keralites.
Air India is right now busy in confirming the casualties,
Srivastava said. Mangalore airport has been shut down for
further operations.
Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya said the condition
of some of the injured was critical.
According to aviation officials, the aircraft overshot
the runway, hit a fence and went beyond the boundary wall of
the airport and fell into a cliff.
Officials said the weather was cloudy and there was
slight drizzle when the aircraft was landing at the runway
which was opened 10 days ago.
The plane broke and smoke billowed from the main
fuselage. According to preliminary reports, the aircraft
exploded after it caught fire. The plane was almost completely
burnt with only its tail visible.
One of the survivors Umar Farooq said the aircraft
experienced turbulence. One Eyewitness said a tyre of the
ill-fated plane had burst on landing.
Rescue operations were in full swing and search was on
for the black box which could give clues to the cause of the
crash.
Airports Authority of India Chairman V P Agarwal said
visibility was seven kms, more than that required, when the
ill-fated plane landed in Mangalore.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will
conduct full inquiry into the incident, Agarwal said. PTI CORR
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Mangalore, May 22 (PTI) All but seven people on an Air
India Express plane from Dubai with 166 persons on board are
feared dead when the Boeing aircraft crashed and caught fire
on Saturday after it overshot the brand new runway while
landing at the Mangalore airport.
"As far as the information available with us is
concerned, eight persons were rescued and shifted to local
hospitals in Mangalore for their treatment," Air India
personnel director Anup Shrivastava told reporters in Mumbai.
Among the eight survivors, one person died on the way to
hospital, an AirIndia spokesman said
The state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800, which was inducted
on January 15, 2008 and piloted by Serbian expatriate Capt
Zlatko Glusica, had 160 passengers and a six-member crew on
board the budget carrier. The passengers included four
infants. Glusica(55) had 10,000 hours hours of flying
experience, an official said.
Police said 65 charred bodies have been recovered and
that fire has been doused from the accident site in this
coastal city, nearly six hours after one of India's worst ever
air mishap occurred at 6.30 AM. A majority of the victims are
Keralites.
Air India is right now busy in confirming the casualties,
Srivastava said. Mangalore airport has been shut down for
further operations.
Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya said the condition
of some of the injured was critical.
According to aviation officials, the aircraft overshot
the runway, hit a fence and went beyond the boundary wall of
the airport and fell into a cliff.
Officials said the weather was cloudy and there was
slight drizzle when the aircraft was landing at the runway
which was opened 10 days ago.
The plane broke and smoke billowed from the main
fuselage. According to preliminary reports, the aircraft
exploded after it caught fire. The plane was almost completely
burnt with only its tail visible.
One of the survivors Umar Farooq said the aircraft
experienced turbulence. One Eyewitness said a tyre of the
ill-fated plane had burst on landing.
Rescue operations were in full swing and search was on
for the black box which could give clues to the cause of the
crash.
Airports Authority of India Chairman V P Agarwal said
visibility was seven kms, more than that required, when the
ill-fated plane landed in Mangalore.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will
conduct full inquiry into the incident, Agarwal said. PTI CORR
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