Mangalore Crash

• Mangalore crash: Supreme Court notice on Rs.75 lakh compensation

  Mangalore crash: Supreme Court notice on Rs.75 lakh compensation

• Mangalore crash: Kerala High Court stays Rs 75 lakh compensation to victims' kin

  In a setback for families of victims of last year's Mangalore air crash, a division bench of the Kerala High Court today overruled a single judge bench order asking air India to pay Rs 75 lakh as minimum compensation to families of victims.

• Air India to pay Rs 75 lakh to Mangalore crash victims

  The Kerala High Court Wednesday directed Air India to pay interim compensation of Rs.75 lakh each to the kin of 158 passengers who died in an air crash in Mangalore last year.

• Mangalore crash: One year on

  A year ago, exactly on this day an Air India express aircraft over-shot the runway at Mangalore, killing 158 passengers flying from Dubai. Today, while the pain and grief has numbed for the victims' families, many of them still believe that the national carrier is haggling over the compensation they deserve."Nobody can manage the loss of my life. I...

• The last 30 minutes of the plane that crashed at Mangalore

  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 ...

• Mangalore crash: Paramount Airways may lose license

  Just days after the Mangalore air crash that killed 158 people, airline safety has come back into the spotlight for most airlines.

• He stole from those who died in Mangalore crash

  When Air India Express IX-812 crashed after overshooting the runway at the Mangalore airport, Sattar was one of several residents in the area who rushed to the accident site.

• High-level aviation advisory body meets

  A newly set up high-level aviation advisory body is meeting in New Delhi for the first time today and is expected to focus on areas where more attention is required to be paid to strengthen the safety environment.The Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council (CASAC), set up by the government a week after the Mangalore air crash that claimed 158 lives,...

• Mangalore runway length to be increased by 1,000 ft

  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...

• Mangalore air crash: Kasaragod's pain

  The bodies of ten victims from Kerala's Kasarogod are yet to be identified. With bodies kept at the morgue in Mangalore hospital having more than two to three claimants, the authorities have opted for a DNA test. The delay is only adding to the grief of the families. Geetha is lying on the bed, struggling to come to terms with the worst tragedy in ...

• Air India employees on strike, domestic flights hit

  Several flights have been cancelled after about 13,000 Air India (AI) ground employees from across the country went on a flash strike against the management's show-cause notice to key union leaders for speaking up about protocol after the Mangalore crash. (Read: List of Air India flights cancelled) The strike has been on since 12.30 this afternoon...

• Mangalore air crash: Missing part of Black Box found

  After three days of intense search, the missing part of the Black Box of the ill-fated Air India Express flight has been found at the crash site. (Watch: How the Black box was located)A seven-member team from an American safety board has been inspecting the crash site. They are likely to help the DGCA decode the Black Box. It may even be sent to th...

• Air India crash in Mangalore: Data box found

  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 ...

• They didn't survive the Mangalore crash: Stories behind statistics

  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.On landing the plane overshot the runway, went down a ravine and burst into flames.Eight persons miraculo...

• Co-pilot was a kind soul, recall neighbours in Mumbai

  "It was just a couple of days ago that we were in talks with a girl's family who wished to offer her hand in marriage to Papu Aluwalia," mourned Narinder Singh Sahani, family friend and neighbour of Harmider Singh Aluwalia, the deceased co-pilot of the Air India Express flight that crashed on Saturday morning in Mangalore.Sahani described the 38 ye...