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| 159 killed in Mangalore air crash, |
| 159 killed in Mangalore air crash, 7 survive
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| INDIA
, 22-May-2010
7:3:35 AM |
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As many as 159 persons were killed when an Air India Express Boeing plane from Dubai with 166 passengers and crew on board overshot the touchdown point during landing at the Bajpe airport here, crashed down a cliff and burst into flames.
Seven persons miraculously survived one of the country's worst air crashes.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told reporters four persons suffered minor injuries while three sustained major injuries. One person escaped unhurt, he said.
The state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800, which was inducted on January 15, 2008 and with Serbian expatriate Capt Zlatko Glusica in command, had 160 passengers and a six-member crew on board the budget carrier.
The 160 passengers on board the ill fated aircraft comprised 105 men,32 women, 19 children and four infants.
Glusica (53) had 10,000 hours of flying experience and had made 16 previous landings at Bajpe airport while the co-pilot H S Ahluwalia had 3,650 hours of experience in the cockpit.
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