India Plane Overshoots Runway: 158 Dead

India Plane Overshoots Runway: 158 Dead

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The Air India jet carrying 160 passengers - including 19 children and four babies - and six crew members slid off the runway during heavy rain at Mangalore Airport at around 6.30am local time.

Officials said eight people survived and dismissed earlier reports that one of the survivors had died on the way to hospital.

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Such sad sad news, will be interesting to see what condition this plane was in. I remember seeing a News report commenting on the poor condition of Indian jets, if i remember correctly they said it wouldn't be long before something like this happens.

God bless those who are no longer with us, my heart goes out to their families.

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Originally posted by IamNow

India Plane Overshoots Runway: 158 Dead

news.sky.com

The Air India jet carrying 160 passengers - including 19 children and four babies - and six crew members slid off the runway during heavy rain at Mangalore Airport at around 6.30am local time.

Officials said eight people survived and dismissed earlier reports that one of the survivors had died on the way to hospital.

(visit the link for the full news article)

And thats only the official count of passengers, it does not include the ones sitting on the wings.

[edit on 22-5-2010 by acrux]

Originally posted by IamNow
Such sad sad news, will be interesting to see what condition this plane was in.

The link you gave suggested that aircraft was in pristine condition, only 6 years old. Also, the pilot was very experienced.

I've noticed an increase in these "freak" plane crashes lately... could be just me though.

[edit on 22/5/2010 by SassyCat]

Must be something behind the sun then? which catches the plot of course?
I agree with you SassyCat the increase of the plane crashes is unheard off, and not normal, whatever its the sun or something behind the sun either that or something eles.

Its just not normal.