Mangalore crashed airliner airline "Air India Express". The plane landed, but I could not stay on the strip, rolled out beyond it, broke in two and burst into flames. Killed 159 people.
The aircraft airline Air India Express flight IX-follow 812 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Mangalore (Karnataka). Photo: fire trying to save survivors at the crash site of the company «Air India» in Mangalore. (AP)
Survivor of a plane crash in Mangalore. (Associated Press)
According to the airlines, on board the plane were 166 people, including six crew members. In the photo: the locals at the crash site. This crash could be the largest since 1996, when as a result of collision of aircraft from Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan killed 349 people. (Reuters)
They managed to survive the eight, they are with injuries of varying severity hospitalized. Photo: fire trying to save the survivors of a plane crash in Mangalore. (AP)
The plane was flown by the British pilot of Serbian origin. Photo: Indian firefighters carry a child survivor of the plane crash in Mangalore. (Associated Press)
"According to preliminary data, the plane landed, but I could not stop and rolled down the hill, which resembles the shape of the table. Neither I nor anyone else can not say what happened. This question was answered a thorough investigation, "- said the minister told reporters. Photo: fragments of the plane «Air India». (AP)
He said that the runway airport Mangalore where wrecked ship, put into operation in 2006, it was adapted for the reception of almost all types of aircraft. Its length - 2, 5 kilometers. In the photo: the mutilated bodies of passengers of the plane that crashed today in Mangalore, India. (AP)
"If we talk about the technology, and the aircraft and the airport, and the band have been certified by the Department of Civil Aviation. The crew was experienced - and the pilot and co-pilot does not just sit in the airport. Visibility was 6 kilometers, "- said Patel. In the photo: surviving child being taken to a hospital. Unfortunately, the boy died in a car "ambulance." (Reuters)
According to the minister, the aircraft was unable to stop due to unknown reasons, crossed the 90-foot "cushion" in the end of the runway, hit a concrete wing of the building, broke a fence and rolled down the hill into the abyss, where the fire broke out. Photo: Indian firefighters and rescue workers are trying to extinguish the fire at the crash site of the company «Air India» in Mangalore. (Associated Press)
"Black boxes" of the aircraft has not yet discovered. Photo: Rescuers carry a body from the crash site in India. (Associated Press)
Indian media reported that the pilot did not report any malfunctions before the crash. (Associated Press)
Indian rescue workers and firefighters work at the crash site. (Associated Press)
Fire and smoke rises from the scene of the crash in Mangalore, which killed 159 people. (Associated Press)