160 feared dead as an Air India Express aircraft overshot the runway at the Mangalore airport on Saturday morning. As per reports, 163 passengers and 6 crew members were onboard the aircraft.
Karnataka home minister has said that around 160 people may have died in the accident. He also said that the plane crashed around 10 km away from the airport.
The Mangalore police has said that there could be several causalties. Emergency services have been installed at the site of the accident. Almost 25 ambulances have reached the site.
The plane burst into flames after overshooting the runway. The injured were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital.
All the contact with the aircraft was lost after 6.30 am as the left wing of the plane caught fire.
DGCA has said that they merely have preliminary reports of the accident till now, and are trying to gather more information, including the number of passengers.
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