Dalit resistance to the expansion of Mangalore Airport

Mangalore Air Crash Tragic Fallout of Criminal Negligence of Planning and Regulatory Authorities

Press Release : Mangalore : 22 May 2010

An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft arriving from Dubai with 167 on board 2010 tragically crashed at Mangalore International Airport at 6.30 am today (22 May 2010). It is reported that the plane overshot the runway while landing and fell over a cliff resulting in this disastrous crash. Very few are known to have survived this horrific crash.