Saturday, May 22, 2010

--India plane crash kills scores. 8 survive--


msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 5:05 a.m. ET May 22, 2010

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NEW DELHI - An Air India Express plane trying to land in the rain at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed and burst into flames at dawn Saturday, killing nearly 160 people, officials said. At least eight survived.
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Dense black smoke billowed from the Boeing 737-800 aircraft surrounded by flames just outside Mangalore's Bajpe airport in a hilly area with thick grass and trees.
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~http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37286182/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/?gt1=43001

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