The Deadliest Plane Crashes in the Past Five Years
4. Air India Express Boeing 737 Crash in India in 2010:
Air India Express Boeing 737 crash is one of the deadliest aviation disasters to be witnessed in India in the 21st century. The flight was from Dubai to Mangalore on 22nd May 2010 and crashed as it overran the hilltop runway while landing. The post crash fire that spread in the flight as well as in the nearby valley worsened the condition.
If the Mangalore Airport did not lie on top of a hill with sharp drops at the end of each of its two runways, then this disastrous incident would have never occurred. This accident had killed 160 passengers and six crew members on board. Out of which only eight passengers escaped from this disaster. Most of the passengers on board were Indians who came back to visit their families from jobs in the Gulf. Around 20 children were present in that flight.
