Air India plane crashes in Mangalore (167 dead in Mangalore air crash)
158 people were killed when an Air India Express flying from Dubai overshot the runway after landing at the Mangalore airport near Mangalore. It then caught fire, hampering immediate rescue attempts from people in the neighboring village of Manapur.
The airport at Bajpe, about 30 km from Mangalore, is in a hilly area and considered one of the most difficult airports to take off and land. The area had been experiencing heavy rains for the last two days.
The tragedy took place around 6.30 am. The pilot gave no distress signal before the plane went down.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condoled the loss of lives in the air crash at the Mangalore airport on Saturday and ordered Rs 200,000 for the families of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
In the incident 8 persons have been rescued and 70 persons have been recovered.
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