59 dead in Dubai to Mangalore plane crash
: Most of the passengers on the flight were from Kerala.
Most of the passengers on the flight were from Kerala.
An Air India Express passenger plane from Dubai crashed outside Mangalore airport in southern India on Saturday, killing 159 people when it burst into flames after overshooting the runway and ploughing into a forest.
There were initially eight survivors after the Boeing 737-800, with 166 people on board including crew, appeared to have skidded off the runway in rain at the airport in Karnataka, Air India director Anup Srivastava said. But a young girl later died in hospital.
All the passengers were Indian nationals, an Air India official in Dubai said.
The black box has been recovered from an Air India Express passenger plane from Dubai that crashed on landing in southern India on Saturday, the United Arab Emirates' state media said.