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An Air India plane crash killed more than 160 people in western India, an Indian official told CNN-IBN.
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Published 3 minutes ago
Reuters news agency
NEW DELHI—At least 160 people were confirmed dead in an Air India plane crash in southern India early on Saturday, officials said.
“At least 160 passengers have died in the crash,” V.S. Acharya, Home Minister of the southern state of Karnataka, told reporters.
A second official also confirmed that 160 people had been killed.
The plane was carrying 163 passengers and nine crew members and was flying from Dubai to Mangalore in southern India where it crashed after overshooting the runway. -
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Published 14 minutes ago
Associated Press
NEW DELHI—All 169 people on board were feared killed when an Air India passenger plane overshot the runway in southern India and crashed early on Saturday, officials said.
The accident occurred near the airport serving the city of Mangalore in Karnataka state. Indian television channels said the flight was coming in from Dubai.
“There were 163 passengers and six crew members and we fear all of them have been killed,” Rohit Katiyar, a top airport security official, told Reuters.
“The plane apparently overshot the runway and has crashed. We have news that the plane caught fire after crashing.”Comment
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This was an accident waiting to happen.
India has experienced a rapid growth in the aviation sector in the last decade and the infrastructure and training are not able to cope with the increase. Their British-built airports are falling apart, their air traffic control systems rely on procedural control in many places, and cannot handle the traffic.
India, which used to rely on qualified expat pilots feeding their growth has in the last couple of years started a move to get rid of the foreign pilots and quickly train and replace them with Indian youngsters. This has lead to a very unexperienced pilot group flying in the Indian skies.
I'm not sure if this is the direct cause of this particular accident, but I suspect that the investigation will probably prove me right.Comment
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India got independence groom Britain long before those airports were built.
In the 40's there're were no airports.
What the British built was train lines And stations.
The airstrips were mostly world war two remnants That was developed by the Indians after independence.
The problem with Idnia is They do a poor job of maintenance And improvements on Just about every sphere of their whole society.Comment
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mi hope mi nuh know nuhbaddy pan it since it a come from dubai
smaddy mi know supposed to a guh dis weekend a think if dem nuh leff last night
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i had a bit of a panic this morning
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Magix</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This was an accident waiting to happen.
India has experienced a rapid growth in the aviation sector in the last decade and the infrastructure and training are not able to cope with the increase. Their British-built airports are falling apart, their air traffic control systems rely on procedural control in many places, and cannot handle the traffic.
India, which used to rely on qualified expat pilots feeding their growth has in the last couple of years started a move to get rid of the foreign pilots and quickly train and replace them with Indian youngsters. This has lead to a very unexperienced pilot group flying in the Indian skies.
I'm not sure if this is the direct cause of this particular accident, but I suspect that the investigation will probably prove me right. </div></div>Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In the 40's there're were no airports.
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Right. Flights are landing in Delhi from 1912.
India's first airline was started in 1915. Tata Airlines. Same Tata company that makes cars today.Comment
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Seveen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
i had a bit of a panic this morning
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">mi hope mi nuh know nuhbaddy pan it since it a come from dubai
smaddy mi know supposed to a guh dis weekend a think if dem nuh leff last night </div></div>
A hope u nuh lawse nuhbaddy. This is very unfortunate. Bwoy, smh. Everytime mi fly and land mi amazed. Mi? Mi nuh tek it fi granted sah. Even though mi realize seh mi need as much protection pan de grung as mi need in the air, mi still tink it's fascinating.Comment
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There were no airports in 1910
Only biplanes existed then.
These lanede in open fields. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Magix</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In the 40's there're were no airports.
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Right. Flights are landing in Delhi from 1912.
India's first airline was started in 1915. Tata Airlines. Same Tata company that makes cars today. </div></div>Comment
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What a way yuh contrary man. Mi seh 1912 not 1910.
You seh in the 1940s there was no airports in India, which is not true.Comment
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The whole idea of airports was nit devr<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Magix</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What a way yuh contrary man. Mi seh 1912 not 1910.
You seh in the 1940s there was no airports in India, which is not true.
</div></div>until 1953 Indian airplanes operated on a hadhoc basis.
It was in 1948 That India git involved in international air transport.
Prior to that the had flights between two cities.
in All of this government was not involved in Regulatin or Even Regulating airfields.
Since That us What hey had.
In addition the British was never involved in the building a d maintenance of these airfields.
The British left in 1947.Comment
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