Mangalore Plane Crash

I just want to reach out to the relatives of the missing passengers of the Malaysia Airlines plane and tell them - you need to keep praying.

In a major disaster, an Air India Express flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed while landing at the Mangalore airport at 6:05 am on Saturday. According to officials, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) saw the plane approaching normally and enter the runway but suddenly veered away after skidding and one side of it hit the Instrument Landing Sy...

Cockpit conversations between the pilots of the doomed Air India Express Airliner which crashed in Mangalore and claimed lives of 158 people have established what clearly seems to be a case of pilot error. The voice recording shows that the commander did not heed his co-pilot's warning to go around. That mistake proved costly, and it's prompted the...

Early morning on May 22, the Air Traffic Control of the Mangalore airport began communicating with a flight that was coming in from Dubai.  Half an hour later, the Air India flight crashed after the pilot overshot the runway. 158 people were killed.NDTV has exclusive access to the transcripts of that final half-hour exchange between the pilot ...

Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav and  Civil Aviation Secretary  Madhavan Nambiar addressed a multi-faith prayer meet in Mangalore for the Air India crash victims. They laid wreaths at the actual crash site and also attended another meet called for the victims' families. The Air India CMD also announced  that the final compensation to all ...

The runway length of Mangalore airport, which saw a major air crash a week ago that claimed 158 lives, will be increased from the present 8,000 feet to 9,000 ft to include a larger spillover area, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said."In fact, we have already taken a decision to extend the runway from 8,000 ft to 9,000 ft. In that 9,000 ft...

At the mortuary in Mangalore, the families of victims mourned the death of their loved ones but one boy is mourning the death of his entire family. Air India flight IX 812 was carrying Rauhan's father, mother, younger sister, and little brother. But what is making it much worse is that he is unable to even trace the bodies of his two younger siblin...

Dubai-based businessman, Dr BR Shetty, was shaken up by the news of the Mangalore tragedy on Saturday. He was one of the last persons to be served by air hostess Sujata Survase, before she was killed in the crash.

Did the pilot of Air India plane IX 812 attempt a last-minute take off? Crucial evidence that could finally unravel the mystery behind Saturday's crash in Mangalore that left 158 people dead has been found and investigators are now trying to find answers to questions like these as they look into what could have possibly gone wrong. (Pics: What we...

The pilots of the Air India plane IX 812 which crashed in Mangalore on Saturday may have tried to take off again, after overshooting the landing zone by around 2,000 feet, sources have told NDTV.This comes after the investigators recovered the plane's throttle from the crash site in forward position.Investigators have also recovered two out of the ...

In a worst tragedy of its kind, an Air India plane with more that 160 passengers on board crashed at the Mangalore airport.

At the request of Indian government, the US has sent a team of top investigators to India to assist authorities there to probe the Mangalore plane crash.

This is what seems to have happened early on Saturday morning at the Mangalore airport as the Air India flight from Dubai was landing. This has been pieced together from some information trickling in.

For 24-year-old Saudi-based businessman Sameer A Shaikh going to attend the last rites of his grandmother, the Mangalore plane crash was a double blow as he lost 16 relatives in it.

Hundred fifty-eight persons were killed in India's worst air disaster in over a decade. The Air India Express flight, a plane of Air India's low budget carrier was flying from Dubai to Mangalore with 160 passengers and six crew members on board. (First pics of crash)On landing the plane overshot the runway, went down a ravine and burst into flames...

I just want to reach out to the relatives of the missing passengers of the Malaysia Airlines plane and tell them - you need to keep praying.

In a major disaster, an Air India Express flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed while landing at the Mangalore airport at 6:05 am on Saturday. According to officials, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) saw the plane approaching normally and enter the runway but suddenly veered away after skidding and one side of it hit the Instrument Landing Sy...

Cockpit conversations between the pilots of the doomed Air India Express Airliner which crashed in Mangalore and claimed lives of 158 people have established what clearly seems to be a case of pilot error. The voice recording shows that the commander did not heed his co-pilot's warning to go around. That mistake proved costly, and it's prompted the...

Early morning on May 22, the Air Traffic Control of the Mangalore airport began communicating with a flight that was coming in from Dubai.  Half an hour later, the Air India flight crashed after the pilot overshot the runway. 158 people were killed.NDTV has exclusive access to the transcripts of that final half-hour exchange between the pilot ...

Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav and  Civil Aviation Secretary  Madhavan Nambiar addressed a multi-faith prayer meet in Mangalore for the Air India crash victims. They laid wreaths at the actual crash site and also attended another meet called for the victims' families. The Air India CMD also announced  that the final compensation to all ...

The runway length of Mangalore airport, which saw a major air crash a week ago that claimed 158 lives, will be increased from the present 8,000 feet to 9,000 ft to include a larger spillover area, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said."In fact, we have already taken a decision to extend the runway from 8,000 ft to 9,000 ft. In that 9,000 ft...

At the mortuary in Mangalore, the families of victims mourned the death of their loved ones but one boy is mourning the death of his entire family. Air India flight IX 812 was carrying Rauhan's father, mother, younger sister, and little brother. But what is making it much worse is that he is unable to even trace the bodies of his two younger siblin...

Dubai-based businessman, Dr BR Shetty, was shaken up by the news of the Mangalore tragedy on Saturday. He was one of the last persons to be served by air hostess Sujata Survase, before she was killed in the crash.

Did the pilot of Air India plane IX 812 attempt a last-minute take off? Crucial evidence that could finally unravel the mystery behind Saturday's crash in Mangalore that left 158 people dead has been found and investigators are now trying to find answers to questions like these as they look into what could have possibly gone wrong. (Pics: What we...

The pilots of the Air India plane IX 812 which crashed in Mangalore on Saturday may have tried to take off again, after overshooting the landing zone by around 2,000 feet, sources have told NDTV.This comes after the investigators recovered the plane's throttle from the crash site in forward position.Investigators have also recovered two out of the ...

In a worst tragedy of its kind, an Air India plane with more that 160 passengers on board crashed at the Mangalore airport.

At the request of Indian government, the US has sent a team of top investigators to India to assist authorities there to probe the Mangalore plane crash.

This is what seems to have happened early on Saturday morning at the Mangalore airport as the Air India flight from Dubai was landing. This has been pieced together from some information trickling in.

For 24-year-old Saudi-based businessman Sameer A Shaikh going to attend the last rites of his grandmother, the Mangalore plane crash was a double blow as he lost 16 relatives in it.

Hundred fifty-eight persons were killed in India's worst air disaster in over a decade. The Air India Express flight, a plane of Air India's low budget carrier was flying from Dubai to Mangalore with 160 passengers and six crew members on board. (First pics of crash)On landing the plane overshot the runway, went down a ravine and burst into flames...