fredgrav
22nd May 2010, 07:43
Casualties in Air India crash, local official says ...
(CNN) -- A plane crash in southern India killed more than 150 passengers early Saturday, an Indian official said. About five or six people survived, V.S. Acharya, the home minister of India's Karnataka state, told CNN-IBN. Rescuers recovered at least 25 bodies from the wreckage of a plane crash in India early Saturday, the civil aviation ministry said in a statement. The Air India plane was carrying 165 passengers -- including four infants -- and went down around 6:30 a.m. (9 p.m. ET Friday) near the Mangalore International Airport, CNN's sister network reported, citing an airline spokesman. It was unclear how many crew members were aboard.
The Boeing 737 burst into flames after overshooting the runway on a flight from Dubai, CNN-IBN reported.
Eight to 10 people had been taken to hospitals, Gopal Hosur, inspector general of police in Mangalore, told CNN's sister network.
Hosur said he did not know their conditions or whether they would survive.
Witnesses told CNN-IBN that the plane crashed through the hilltop airport's boundary wall and fell into a valley. The network said that smoke from the plane, and the hilly and wooded surrounding terrain were hampering rescue efforts, though about 25 to 30 ambulances were on the scene. Visibility was less than 1.8 miles (3 km) at the time of the crash, CNN meteorologist Jennifer Delgado said, with clouds and light rain throughout the region.
Air India has released the following telephone numbers to learn more information about the crash:
General: +91 2560 3101 +91 2565 6196
In Mangalore: 0824 222 0422
Dubai (Air India Express): 00971 4 2165828/29
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fredgrav
(CNN) -- A plane crash in southern India killed more than 150 passengers early Saturday, an Indian official said. About five or six people survived, V.S. Acharya, the home minister of India's Karnataka state, told CNN-IBN. Rescuers recovered at least 25 bodies from the wreckage of a plane crash in India early Saturday, the civil aviation ministry said in a statement. The Air India plane was carrying 165 passengers -- including four infants -- and went down around 6:30 a.m. (9 p.m. ET Friday) near the Mangalore International Airport, CNN's sister network reported, citing an airline spokesman. It was unclear how many crew members were aboard.
The Boeing 737 burst into flames after overshooting the runway on a flight from Dubai, CNN-IBN reported.
Eight to 10 people had been taken to hospitals, Gopal Hosur, inspector general of police in Mangalore, told CNN's sister network.
Hosur said he did not know their conditions or whether they would survive.
Witnesses told CNN-IBN that the plane crashed through the hilltop airport's boundary wall and fell into a valley. The network said that smoke from the plane, and the hilly and wooded surrounding terrain were hampering rescue efforts, though about 25 to 30 ambulances were on the scene. Visibility was less than 1.8 miles (3 km) at the time of the crash, CNN meteorologist Jennifer Delgado said, with clouds and light rain throughout the region.
Air India has released the following telephone numbers to learn more information about the crash:
General: +91 2560 3101 +91 2565 6196
In Mangalore: 0824 222 0422
Dubai (Air India Express): 00971 4 2165828/29
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47898000/jpg/_47898310_47898308.jpg
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*** Le mie pił sentite e sincere condoglianze ai familiari delle vittime ... un altro tragico evento che, a distanza di pochi giorni, sconvolge nuovamente il mondo dell'aviazione commerciale ... *** ✙
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