{"id":575538,"date":"2010-05-22T06:29:06","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T10:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2010-05-22T06:29:06","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T10:29:06","slug":"air-india-plane-crash-166-people-on-board-7-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/575538","title":{"rendered":"Air India plane crash: 166 people on board, 7 survive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seven people survived today after the Air India Express<\/strong> aircraft with 166 people on board, from Dubai, crashed and burned after leaving the runway at the airport in the city of Mangalore in Southern India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“As fast as information is available, we communicate to the media, eight people initially survived the disaster and were sent to local hospitals for treatment Mangalore,” said the director of airline personnel, Anup Shrivastava from Bombay\u00a0.<\/p>\n

However, one survivor died on the way to the hospital, the official said, adding that the pilot of Serbian origin, British citizen, Captain Zlatko Glusica, 55 years old, had ten thousand hours of flight.<\/p>\n

Interior Minister of Karnataka, V.\u00a0S.\u00a0Acharya said that the condition of the survivors is critical and confirmed the death of 159 people in the crash of the ship from the UAE capital, which employs many Indian citizens.<\/p>\n

The plane<\/strong>, a Boeing 737-800<\/strong>, was bringing 166 passengers aboard, including four children and six crew members, said Shrivastava.<\/p>\n

Local authorities have reported that in the area of the crash have been recovered at least 70 bodies and the airline is working on identifying the victims, while operations at the airport in Mangalore has been closed, reported The Times of India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


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