A Mangalore bound Air India Express flight coming in from Dubai with 166 people on board crashed early on Saturday killing 158 people. The Air India Express IX-812, operated by a Boeing 737-800, had 160 passengers and six crew members on board overshot the touchdown point on the Mangalore airport runway by 2000 feet on Saturday at 6:30 AM while attempting to land.
According to eyewitness account the plane crashed into a forested area and burst into flames after it overshot the runway while attempting to land. Most of the passengers on the flight were from Kerala.
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