May 22, 2010 9:01 AM

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Air India flight crashes; 60 dead

At least 60 people are feared dead after an Air India Express aircraft from Dubai overshot the runaway while landing at the Mangalore airport this morning. Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya said the incident took place near a valley 10 kms from the airport. He said the aircraft caught fire. Ambulances and fire tenders are on the spot.<br/>The flight IX-892, operated by a Boeing 737-800, had 163 passengers, four infants and six crew members on board.<br/>Sources said the aircraft overshot the runway hit the fence and went beyond the boundary wall of the airport.<br/>Aviation sources termed it an 'accident' instead of 'incident'. In aviation parlance, an accident denotes causalities.<br/>AI has opened helpline centre at Delhi Airport and the two numbers are 011-2565-6196 and 011-2560-3101.<br/>DGCA Director-General S N A Zaidi said that he has received only preliminary reports regarding the accident and is awaiting for the details including the number of passengers.<br/>

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