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India Plane Crash Survivors Recount Tragic Ordeal

May 23rd 2010 – 4:18PM
Aijaz Rahi, AP

Aijaz Rahi, AP

MANGALORE, India (May 23) -- As crash investigators pulled the black box from the charred, twisted wreckage of an Air India plane Sunday, Koolikkunnu Krishnan marveled that he escaped the crash alive. Of the 166 passengers and crew aboard when the plane overshot a hilltop runway and plunged over a cliff at dawn Saturday,...

Plane Crash in Southern India Leaves 158 Dead

By Lauren FrayerMay 22nd 2010 – 6:19AM
AP

AP

(May 22) -- An Air India Express plane with 166 people aboard tried to land in the rain at a hilltop runway today in southern India but overshot the runway and crashed into a forested ravine. Eight passengers are believed to have survived. Indian TV footage shows firefighters spraying the smoldering wreckage outside...

Background on Air India

Air India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is part of the government of India owned Air India Limited (AIL).

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