A Boeing 737 with 165 passengers onboard crashed in India
A plane crashed in India. On board there were 165 passengers .
According to CNN, there seems to be survivers.
According to the Minister of Indian Affairs, V.S. Acharya, five or six people survived.
A plane belonging to Air India company, which had on board 165 passengers, including four children, crashed Saturday morning near Mangalore International Airport, located in the southwest of India.
The plane, a Boeing 737 that had come to Dubai, caught fire after passing the flight track .
About eight and 10 people have been taken to hospital for treatment, according to police inspector in Mangalore, Gopal Hosur.
The inspector said that there are no details about their health or if they survived.
Witnesses told CNN that the plane crashed over the partition of the airport and fell into a valley.
Despite the 25 to 30 ambulances present on the spot, the curtain of smoke and wooded hills prevented rescue.
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Posted by Marian Ciovirta on May 22 2010 Filed under Asia. You can follow any responses to this entry through the . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
