Mangalore crash aftermath : Kin Bid Tearful Adieu to Dear Ones

It was a sad day for Fatima from Dubai who lost four members of her family i.e. her uncle and his 3 Kids. Their families were just recovering from a tragic accident which had taken away their mothers life’,- Fatima Dubai




Reshma from Dubai said that’ it was an ill-fated day for the passengers of Air India Express. All the dreams of many youngsters and fathers and families have been burnt too’.


‘Our heart felt condolences for the bereaved families. May God give them courage to come to terms with this loss? We should pray for avoidance of such disasters in future’.Zarina Begum, Mangalore


Air India must re-instate there process and safety measures, as one’s life is too precious than any other on earth. May Allah bless all expired. – Razak Khan, K S rao Road



Thinking of those little innocent kids and infants, it’s a bad tragedy and all Allah’s will...nothing will go against HIM. My husband is from Kasargod and his neighbour/friend also expired in this crash who had gone for the funeral of his father. May Allah rest his soul in peace. – Zubair, Surathkal


Heart felt condolences to all the families of the victims. May God give courage to all families and may their soul rest in peace. – Suman Mendonsa, Kinnigoli

My deepest heart felt condolences to all the family members and friends who lost life.May god rest there souls in peace!!! –Franklin D’souza, Padubidre

May God give the courage and strength to all the family members to overcome this difficult time. Naronnha, Pandeshwar.



One of the biggest tragedies I ever heard. I condole for those who lost their family members i have my condolences for them. Reena Periera, Nanthoor.


The Mangalore air crash tragedy is shameful for an Indian to say that Air India is the worst carrier. Soumya Bhat, Bangalore

No doubt that the maintenance and service of Air India Express is very poor. Said Veena D’souza, Vamanjoor .

The tragedy took place soon after the inauguration of integrated airport. It is said news for Mangaloreans and Air port authority. Venkatramana Polali, Bangalore

Gone are the days, when people used pray for their families for happy journey. The declining faith in god may lead to a ruin- Jaishankar, Kapikkad

This was shocking news for me and family. As, we were dressing up for marriage function to be scheduled at kasargod. After hearing the heart rending news, we cancelled our programme- Preetham Nair, Vanalcia.

Such horrible incident should be occurred in coming days. Air port authority must take all the necessary steps to avoid such terrifying accident- Sreelatha Nayak, Mangalore

It is very sad and unfortunate incident. They might not have thought of such incident would occur on Saturday when they boarded the air bus- Priya Mathew Kutinha, Jeppu, Mangalore/ Oman

It was really very sad news of this year, I express my deep condolences to victims of families and their relatives and AI concerned authorities should rectify and learn to avoid such tragic crash in future. Preetham Bangera, katipalla, Kuwait,

It is extremely sad day for families who lost their kith and kin. Let us all pray for peace. Let their soul get peace in the heaven.…Joel D Pais

With the air crash the newly opened international air port terminal receives bad name. But nobody could make out what caused for the tragic incident. Airport authority or pilot? Investigations are on. Let us see what result we get. Rajesh Rai, Puthur, Mangalore.

This is very sad & brings to our conscious that how helpless we are & the death is following the day we born in this world and next second is not ours therefore do the good things at all the time. My deepest condolence to the families who lost their loved one.- Janardhana Baikady, Neerumarga, Mangalore

It is time to switch over for new air bus. As the Air India Express is the only service from Mangalore to Gulf countries. We need Kingfisher, Ethihad, Oman Airways, KLM flight and Air Arabea service. Government must talk about this. Divakaran M, Sharjah, Kasargod

Shocked, we all would like to mourn the loss and pray for the souls. May God give courage to the family members of the dead? – Radheesh Nambiar, Kanhangad, Kasargod District.

I feel very sorry for the people who lost their lives. Those poor people didn’t even know that they would end up like this. Sudhakaran, Kannur, Kerala, USA
The early morning news really shocked all the Mangaloreans All are shattered by the tragic incident- Suchit, Manipal

Mangalore Today team has done well in covering entire news. The updation for every half an hour made us to get full information. Anagha Shree, USA


Early morning news has reeled all Indians. I deeply condole for the families who lost their son, daughter, mother, father, and others.. Sandeep Wagle, Mangalore..

It was painful news for those who were waiting for their relatives, parents and others. I am extending my condolence to them.. Jyothi Saligrama, Udupi

Now all are targeting pilot…. Is it correct? Fist of all let us pray for those soul lost its life in the accident… RIP- Saritha Shetty, Hosangady, Bangalore

I pray for those who made, those did not and those who mourn. While home coming is a joyous one, those who come to receive them even more happiness to see them after along time coming home in toiling in another country to make a living to feed the families.It is hard for me to accept tragedy at Bajpe a place close to me and the airport is a family home airport travelled many times. Its the most scenic airport in the world and trust me it never occurred to be it could also subject to tragedies. Prasad Montero, Reyad


It is one of the worst disasters Mangalore had ever witnessed. Most of the travelers must be the breadwinners of their families who were quite happy to board the plane that was touching their hometown. I can imagine the feelings and excitement when one is returning home, not to mention the excitement of family members who are foreseeing the arrival of their family member who went abroad to uplift their family. No one had expected this type of horrible accident. However, the fate was destined differently against the wishes of all of us. Gireesh, Bajpe, Mangalore

This is a very shocking incident to all, and its very sad news to hear.May GOD bless them all to bear the great loss of their family members. Praksh kamath, Ajman, UAE

May god take care of all the family of the people who died in the Mangalore Air crash- Chandralekha J S
Lakshman Hejamady said we are not here to blame the authorities nor the government on their role but simply need to admit that we are not at all equipped to face any small nor such major mishaps. Aren’t we comparatively very much behind when it comes to saving human life just compare it with many others nations? Pray that Central and State Government reflects on this reality which is a major drawback and gives a serious taught on such important issues in their agenda.

I have been travelling in Air India since long time. I came to Mangalore on leave for two months. As my vacation ends on May 30. Now I am afraid of going back in Air India Express. This time I am planning to book my ticket in Oman airways. Kunhambu, Uduma, Kasargod / Sharjah


Mangaloreans should give thanks to those who really helped in difficult condition. We should notice each and everyone’s whole hearted help- Mohan Shetty, kankanady, Mangalore

Team Mangalore Today express deepest condolences to the bereaved families and friends of those who have lost their lives on Air India Express crash in Mangalore.

‘Whatever be the compensation can it bring back those who are dead…? If t he Mangalore airport has such a narrow runway and the landing is very precarious then take necessary steps to make it better’ -Linda. D’souza, Bangalore

Airplane crash in Mangalore

At around 6:00 am on Saturday, four miles short of the runway, the Air Traffic Controller cleared the pilot for touchdown. The pilot acknowledged. This was the last communication between the pilot and the ATC

The pilot was landing on ILS or the Instrument landing System, which has two features, the Localiser which aligns the plane to the centre of the runway and the Glide scope which helps the pilot to set his angle of approach.
ATC sources told CNN-IBN that the pilot was flying much above the appropriate approach angle which could be why the plane touched down 2000 feet beyond the actual touchdown point on the runway. This left the pilot with only 5000 feet to bring the plane to a halt.

Former Director General of Civil Aviation, Kanu Gohain, said: "The pilot says established on ILS. That means he is in line with the runway and he is on the glide slope. As he was following those signals on the ILS, he should have touched down exactly at the ILS touchdown point at 1000. You are in touchdown point and another 2000 to 5000 ft is the available length of the runway. Still that could have been used to stop the plane by using the braking system and thrust reversals. At the most, the plane would have gone beyond that runway and stooped in the runway end safety area."

Soon after touchdown, the ATC made the routine request for the plane to back track towards the terminal but got no answer. Survivor accounts also suggest that within seconds of touching down one of the tyres of theaircraft might have burst.

Omar Farooq, a survivor, said: "Tyre burst while landing so the plane skidded of the runway, hit the boundary wall and exploded. The plane cracked open and I jumped out. I ran almost 500 mts and people later rushed to a hospital. I have suffered injuries but I'm okay."

The plane then hit an ILS antenna, rammed the boundary wall and fell right into the gorge ahead. Experts say there are many questions that need to be answered.

H S Khola asked what was the weight of the aircraft, what was the length of the runway and was it safe enough to land in that much length? What was the touchdown speed of the aircraft and was the deceleration system working fully?"

Gohain further said: "When the investigation is carried on it has to be established from the flight data recorder at what point he touched down, how much in the runway he had had and what was the engine power at that time. What was the speed at the time of touchdown? These are the parameters which have to be considered to establish why the pilot could not stop the plane within the available length of the runway."

Most of these may be answered when the flight data recorder or Black Box is recovered.