Sunday, May 23, 2010

Air crash

Survivors of a plane crash that killed 158 people have told today how they jumped from the aircraft as it began to break up.
The Air India plane overshot the runway in Mangalore at the southern Indian city's 'table-top' Bajpe airport, crashing into a gorge and killing all but a few of the 169 passengers on board.
Nearby residents rushed to the scene following the incident at around 6.30am (local time), describing 'shocking' scenes as they pulled charred bodies from the wreckage.
Around six people survived the crash and are currently being treated in nearby hospitals, officials said.


 
Indian firefighters spray foam on the Air India 
plane wreckage as they try to extinguish the fire
 
A firefighter 
carries a child, reportedly a survivor, out of the debris of an Air 
India plane that crashed in Mangalore
 
A surviving child is taken to a hospital after 
the plane crash in Mangalore May 22, 2010
 
 
Onlookers and 
firefighters stand at the site of a crashed Air India Express passenger 
plane in Mangalore May 22, 2010
 
 
plane crash in india
 
Indian 
firefighters and rescue personnel hose down the site while many 
residents look on
 
Locals break down 
in tears as they try to help survivors at the crash site
 
plane crash in 
india
 
A new Air India 
Express Boeing
 
plane crash map 

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