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Old 22nd May 2010, 03:06
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Indian tv is reporting 6 passengers were pulled alive from wreckage by villagers and transferred to hospital. Wreckage spread over a distance of 3km, Plane came down at about 6am.

The control tower staff were interviewed on indian tv and report that crew did not report any issues, and did not request any assistance.

control tower staff member also described the airport as a table top airport..... run off the end and it's a long way down.

airport is closed, but crash site in inaccessable to airport emergency vehicles. 20 ambulances are attending the scene.

Although the interview with ATC did seem to be a reliable source of information, the rest i am afraid is subjective.
Indian minister stated 19 children on the manifest and it was raining heavily at the time of the landing.
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