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This frame from television shows burning wreckage of the Air India aircraft which has crashed at Mangalore. -- PHOTO: AFP
NEW DELHI - AN AIR India Express passenger plane from Dubai overshot a runway and crashed outside an airport in southern India on Saturday, killing at least 160 people in one of the worst air accidents in India in years. The accident occurred near Mangalore airport in Karnataka state. There may have been five or six survivors, local media said.
Air India said the plane was a Boeing 737-800, with 166 people on board, including six crew members. Earlier estimates of the number of people on the plane had varied slightly. Air India Express is a budget airline ran by state-run carrier 'At least 160 passengers have died in the crash,' V.S.
Acharya, home minister of the southern state of Karnataka, told reporters. 'At least five to six people have been taken to hospital, their condition is not known.' Television channels said the plane crashed around 6.30am. (0100 GMT, 9am Singapore time). TV images showed it struck a forested area. Flames were seen blazing from of some of the wreckage as rescue workers fought to bring the fire under control.
One television channel showed a fireman carrying in his arms what seemed to be the mangled remains of a child. 'The aircraft has broken up into pieces and fire has engulfed the aircraft. There is lot of smoke,' said Gopal Hosur, a senior police officer in Mangalore. 'The plane apparently overshot the runway and has crashed. We have news that the plane caught fire after crashing,' said Rohit Katiyar, a top airport security official. -- REUTERS
Rescue personnel, volunteers and onlookers are seen near the smouldering wreckage of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore on Saturday. - AFP
Wreckage of an Air India plane that crashed in Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Saturday. - AP
A survivor from the Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft crash is wheeled into a hospital in Mangalore. - AFP
Forensic experts examine the wreckage of the Air India Express plane. - AP
A father of a member of the cabin crew who died in the crashed Air India Express plane reacts during her daughter's cremation on the outskirts Mumbai. - AFP
