From Seven Sided Cube.net:
Air India plane arriving from Dubai crashed and burst into flames while landing in southern India and nearly 160 people were killed according to the reports. Reports said, the plane was trying to land in rain. The incident happened outside the Mangalore city in Karnataka.
According to the officials, the plane carried 160 passengers and 7 crew members and they also said only six or seven might have survived. Rescue team was having hard time to find the survivors and firefighters sprayed water to put off the fire. One of the firefighters was running on the hill with an injured child in his hands.
“This is a major calamity,” Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya told CNN-IBN TV. Home minister of the state said, the plane tried to land around 6 am on Saturday. The airport of Mangalore is surrounded by hills, and the pre monsoon rains from last couple of days made a low visibility in the area.
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh expressed his condolences and promised compensation for the families of victims of plane crash.
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