Mangalore air crash:

Mangalore, India air crash: 

Air India flight IX-812 from Dubai to Mangalore crashed while landing at the Mangalore airport.

1. Time of crash: about 5:30  am  Saturday, 22 May 2010. 
2. Causalities: Over 150 lives were lost in the tragedy.
3.  Survivors: eight passengers escaped who were thrown out of the plane when its body cracked while it hit an antenna.  They could have escaped because when the plane split open at the edge of the cliff some passengers were tossed out from the plane before it crashed into the valley.

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Link to NDTV:  http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/mangalore-air-crash-miraculous-escape-for-eight-27225.php



Onsite pictures by BBC: Mangalore air crash… 
Link to BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/10141457.stm