Air India Express Flight 812

Air India Express Flight 812

VT-AXV, the aircraft involved in the accident seen in 2008.
Accident summary
Date	22 May 2010
Summary	Runway overrun due to Pilot error
Place	Beyond runway 24 at Mangalore International Airport 12°56′48″N 074°52′25″E
Passengers	160
Crew	6
Injuries (non-fatal)	8
Fatalities	158
Survivors	8
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-8HG(SFP)
Aircraft name	Victoria Memorial
Airline/user	Air India Express
Registration	VT-AXV
Flew from	Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates
Flying to	Mangalore International Airport, India

The crash site

Air India Express Flight IX-812 was a passenger flight of Air India from Dubai International Airport that crashed on 22 May 2010 at Mangalore International Airport.The time of the crash was UTC+5:30 local time. The airplane went beyond the area of the runway and crashed. The accident killed about 160 people.

Plane

The aircraft was a Boeing 737-800. Its first flight was on 20 December 2007.

Air India Express Flight 812 Media

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  Members of the public services were assisted by local volunteers in a joint rescue operation at the scene of the crash.

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  Villagers at the accident site at the wreckage of the plane

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  The burnt wreckage of the aircraft

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  Remains of the burnt plane