An Air India Boeing 737 Plane from Dubai has crashed on the runway at around 6:30 am at the Mangalore Airport. The plane, carrying 165 people, overshot the runway and crashed while landing.
CNN reports that five or six people survived. Eight to ten people were taken to the hospitals, inspector general of police Gopal Hosur said. He still do not know their conditions or whether they would survive.
Witnesses said that the plane crashed through the hilltop airport’s boundary wall and fell into a valley. The Mangalore Airport has a table-top runway which is located on a hilltop.
According to reports, the pilot-in-command Z Glucia, a Serbian national did not report any malfunction to the airport traffic control before landing. He’s been on this airport several times and he is very familiar with the Mangalore terrain.
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh has already expressed his condolences at the huge loss of lives due to the Air India crash in Mangalore today. He also approved the amount of calamity fund that will be given to affected families.
Investigations regarding the real cause of the crash are still ongoing. Investigators will retrieve the black box to have an idea of the last moments inside the cockpit.
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