ludhianvi Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Seven reportedly survive after Air India plane from Dubai bound for Mangalore overshoots runway At least 160 people were confirmed dead in an Air India plane crash in southern India early on Saturday, officials said. “At least 160 passengers have died in the crash,” V.S. Acharya, Home Minister of the southern state of Karnataka, told reporters. second official also confirmed that 160 people had been killed. “So far I have only heard of seven survivors,” said senior Mangalore police official R. Ramesh. The plane was carrying 163 passengers and nine crew members and was flying from Dubai to Mangalore in southern India where it crashed after overshooting the runway. Officials had said earlier 169 people were on the plane. Television footage suggested the plane had partially broken up, with smoke billowing from the main fuselage, as rescue workers sought to douse the fire with foam. :nervous:
Mamu Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Managalore has an aiport? An international one at that ? Holy Crap ! I will tell you what I once landed in Madurai in an AirBus -- the plane absolutely had to touchdown within 10 inches from where the run way started and -- it stopped like 10 inches from the other end of the run way. Scared the hell out of me! No room for error what so ever !
Rajiv Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Fark man, I am watching this Docu called Air Crash investigation ( there are like 6 seasons ) since last week and I had a dirty feeling, I am gonna read abt a crash soon. I just woke up from a nap and saw this, Pilot land late it seems and didn't have enough runway
Rajiv Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Trying to understand what the CNN IBN Indian Correspondent is saying, all I can hear is wonly wonly wonly, didn't understand a thing
IKnowU Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 What annoys me how the plane crashed. "over shot the runway" WTF??? What kind of pilots are they? If it wasnt the pilots fault then there has to be some sort mechanical fault, which the blame goes to Air India. Not surprised that the plane belonged to AI, this bound to happen with their dhabba planes.
mhr123 Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Just came to office and opened TOI as usual to see this breaking news.... omg... such a disaster... feeling sh1t right now ... :((
lonestarranger Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Just came to office and opened TOI as usual to see this breaking news.... omg... such a disaster... feeling sh1t right now ... :(( Whatcha you doing on a Sunday @ office??
Desi Cartman Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 The runway was slippery after rain and the flight couldnt stop in time and overshot :((
Rajiv Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 What annoys me how the plane crashed. "over shot the runway" WTF??? What kind of pilots are they? If it wasnt the pilots fault then there has to be some sort mechanical fault, which the blame goes to Air India. Not surprised that the plane belonged to AI, this bound to happen with their dhabba planes. Relax, don't blame the pilots right away Few contradictory reports ATC shouldn't have given clearance to land as it wasn't clear visiblity Rain Factor Main Pilot was Russian ( his error ) Mechanical Fault ( this is a a new advanced aircraft )
moumotta Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Very sad. Watching it on telly there are thousands of sepcataters there. Only in India will they be allowed to hamper rescue.
mhr123 Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Whatcha you doing on a Sunday @ office?? working in a Marine Co. mate... so for us any day of the week is leave... Vessel at the port so i am in office.
mhr123 Posted May 22, 2010 Posted May 22, 2010 Relax, don't blame the pilots right away Few contradictory reports ATC shouldn't have given clearance to land as it wasn't clear visiblity Rain Factor Main Pilot was Russian ( his error ) Mechanical Fault ( this is a a new advanced aircraft ) According to the reports as updated in rediff "Initial reports suggest that the left wing of the plane hit a pole and this may have caused the crash. D B Sadananda Gowda, member of Parliament who is at the spot told rediff.com that the information that he has been getting from the officials suggested that the pilot was unable to land the plane and hence he tried to take off again and while trying to do so, the left wing hit a pole as a result of which the plane burst into flames. Further officials also said that it requires a lot of precision to land at the Mangalore airport since it has a table top runway and is located on top of a hill. " :((
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