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22nd May 2010, 08:05 AM
160 people killed in India plane crash
At least 160 people are feared dead after an Air India Express plane overshot a runway and crashed while trying to land in the Mangalore airport in southern India.
The aircraft was on a flight from the United Arab Emirates on Saturday morning and had passed over the runway while attempting to land at the airport.
"There were 163 passengers and six crew members and we fear all of them have been killed," Rohit Katiyar, a senior airport security official said on Saturday.
"The plane apparently overshot the runway and has crashed. We have news that the plane caught fire after crashing," he added.
Meanwhile, V.S. Acharya, the home minister of India's Karnataka state, told CNN-IBN that there was a possibility that about six or seven passengers had survived the crash
At least 160 people are feared dead after an Air India Express plane overshot a runway and crashed while trying to land in the Mangalore airport in southern India.
The aircraft was on a flight from the United Arab Emirates on Saturday morning and had passed over the runway while attempting to land at the airport.
"There were 163 passengers and six crew members and we fear all of them have been killed," Rohit Katiyar, a senior airport security official said on Saturday.
"The plane apparently overshot the runway and has crashed. We have news that the plane caught fire after crashing," he added.
Meanwhile, V.S. Acharya, the home minister of India's Karnataka state, told CNN-IBN that there was a possibility that about six or seven passengers had survived the crash