Mangalore Air India Crash – Complete Report

Mangalore Air India Crash – Complete Report Feared 160 Killed
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Mangalore crash is 11th major air accident of India

Air India Express Flight IX-892 [B737-800 aircraft] from Dubai to Mangalore crashed while landing at the Mangalore Airport this morning. The plane was no more than three years old.


The crash took place at around 6: 03 a.m. There were total 160 passengers, excluding six crew members. Killing 160.
173 on board, at least 160 killed while just 7 people including 4 infants survived


Air India runs cheap flights under the Air India Express banner to Dubai and other Persian Gulf destinations where millions of Indian expatriate workers are employed.

Soon after landing, the plane veered and one side of it hit the Instrument Landing System (ILS) antenna on the ground. The plane overshot the runway and the body of the aircraft broke and some passengers were thrown out of the aircraft, just before it crashed into the valley.
Survivors said they thought they heard what sounded like a tyre bursting just before the crash.


The pilot-in-command of the Air India Express was reportedly Z Glucia, a Serbian national. He was assisted by first officer Capt S S Ahluwalia.
The captain of the flight, F. Glusica, from Serbia, and his co-pilot H.S. Ahluwalia, are feared dead.
Businessman Sameer A Shaikh lost 16 relatives in this crash.


The six crew members who have been identified were Capt Z Glusica, an expat pilot and commander of the aircraft, Capt S S Ahluwalia, the co-pilot, Yugantar, Mohd Ali, Tejal and Sujata, all cabin crew.

Mangalore airport is located on a hill top, which demands accuracy with no room for error while landing.
The airport at Bajpe is about 19 miles (30 kilometers) outside of Mangalore city.


The Prime Minister said that the families of the deceased will be receiving an amount of Rs. 2 lakhs and the injured would be compensated an amount of Rs. 50,000 from the National Relief Fund of the Prime Minister.

A team from Mumbai will go to Mangalore to inspect the crash site and determine the cause of the mishap.
Black box will give investigators to reconstruct the last moments in the cockpit. Still black box is missing.

The last major crash in India was in July 2000, when an Alliance Air Boeing 737-200 crashed into a residential area during a second landing attempt in the eastern city of Patna, killing at least 50 people.

The survivors include:
Joel Prathap D’Souza (KMC hospital, described as a “young man around 25-30 years old”),
Mohammad Umer Farooqi, (KMC hospita),
Sabrina Haq, a medical intern from at the Kasturba Medical College,
Mangalore (KMC hospital).
Three other survivors, Mayan Kutty, from Kasargod, Pradeep G.K., from Tannirbhavi, Mangalore, and Krishnan Kollikunnu, have been admitted to the SCS Hospital, Mangalore, Abdulla Puttur Ismail is admitted to K.S. Hegde Hospital,
Derlakatte, Mangalore Taluk and Mohammad Usman at Unity Hospital.


The bodies of those who died in the crash are being taken to Government Wenlock Hospital, Hampankatta, and Mangalore.

A Help Desk has been set up at the airport, which can be reached at (0091) 0824 2220422 and 0824 2010167.

Mangalore 0824 2220450, 2220451, 2010145

Bangalore 080 66785172, 22273310

Mumbai 022 2279616

Dubai airport 00971- 42165828/29

All flights to and from Mangalore have been cancelled

Here is the list of the people who survived the Mangalore crash:

1.Sabrina
2. Omar Farooq
3.Mohammad K
4.Krishna
5.Pradeep
6.Roy Joel
7.Prataap D’Souza

The following is the list of passengers on the flight received from S.A. Prabhakar Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mangalore District.

1. Harshini Poonja
2. Aaron Joel Fernandes
3. Niha Imthiaz
4. Bhaskaran T.V.
5. Komalavally Alinkeel
6. Narayana Kanthav Rao
7. Vani Narayana Rao
8. Vaishnavi Narayana Rao
9. Mohammad Ishaque Rafique Ahmed
10 Hasanabba Abubakkar
11. Hiba Azeena (child)
12. Mushina (child)
13. Haifa Hasha (infant)
14. Joyanrichard Saldanha
15. Ummer Farook Mohammed
16. Shahida Nushrathar
17 Zeshan Abdul Rehman (child)
18. Kannur Zulekha Banu
19. Nazeema Muhammad Ashraf
20.Satyanarayana Ballakuraya
21. Sujatha Rao
22. Fathimamehzan Shafqat
23.Rashaad Shafqatmahmood (infant)
24. Khader Ammangod Mohammed Shafy
25. Suhaib Mohammed Naseer (child)
26. Bibi Sara (child)
27. Nabeeha Mohammed Nasir (child)
28. Mohammad Asraf
29. Maimoona Asraf
30. Ashaz Abdulla (child)
31. Ayesha Afsheen (child)
32.Plaviashakunthala Lobo
33. Venishanikola Lobo
34. Vishalfloid Lobo (child)
35. Abdullah K.M.
36. Merwyn D’ Souza
37. Rosly Shibu
38. Godwina Thomas (child)
39. Gloria Thomas (child)
40. Bhagali Prabhakar
41. Kammadam Kunhabdulla
42. Shashikanth Punja
43. Manirekha Punja
44. Abdulbarr Damudi (child)
45. Mahesh Shetty
46. Mohamed Naser
47. Anwar Sadiq
48. Hassan Kutty
49. JoelPratap DSouza
50. Arunkumar Shetty
51. Vasantha Shetty
52. Abdul Samad
53. Prasadand Manjrekar
54. Krishnan Koolikunnu
55. Mullachery Balakrishnan
56. Shanthi Olivera
57. Chethana Mukeshkumar
58. Thresiamma Philip
59. Mohamed Ashfaq
60. Husna Farheen
61. Ahmednaushad Abbu
62. Rajan Pulikodan
63. Jayaprakasha Devadiga
64. Jayaram Kotian
65. Chitra Jayaram
66. Rahul Jayaram (child)
67. Prabhavati Karkera
68. Ashitha Bolar
69. Akshay Bolar
70. Suresh Kunder
71. Sanjeeva BabannaHegde
72. Soman Narayani
73. Pradeep GK
74. Kallingalabullah
75. Thalangara Ebrahimkhaleel
76. Louiscarlo Vincent Geraro
77. Naziya Afarin
78. Mohammed Abaanruknuddin (child)
79. MohammedRafi Beliyapura
80. Abdullah Mohammed
81. Ibrahim Saheb
82. Sameena Saheb
83. Issam Ibrahim
84. Rida Ibrahim (child)
85. Perumbalamohammed
86. Shivakumar Nagaraj
87. Meenu Gupta
88. Shetty KK

89. Gangadharan Nair
90. Prabathkumar Attavar
91.Sathisha Shetty
92. Irshad Ahmed
93. Neha Parveen
94. Affan Ahmed (infant)
95. Sameerbeerran Moideen
96. Abdunnazir Avinja
97. Riju John
98. Sabrina Nasrinhuq
99. Steven Rego
100. Mahammooda Abdulla Kanyana
101. Althafahmed Moolana
102. Lokeshasadananda Belchada
103. Hameed Pookayam
104. Mayankutty KP
105. Vipin Kattoor
106. Kishorekumar Kudpapoojary
107. Chandukutty Nair K
108. NM Bharatham
109. Abdulazeez Anchikatta
110. Umashan Vijayan
111. Cavin Sequuiera
112. Reshmasanthosh Rai
113. Nalandshaunsantosh Rai (child)
114. Vihasantosh Rai (infant)
115. Vamana Prabhu
116. Ganesh Prabhu
117. Qazi Abdulsalam
118. Qazizulekah Khuddus
119. Jackson Periera
120. Mahammed Ismail
121. Naveen Kumar
122. Sanjaykumar Mahabal
123. Mahendra Kodkany
124. Indumathi Nayak
125. Vijesh Kovval
126. Ramakrishna Nayak
127. Ajesh Mottathil
128. Navid Ibrahim
129. Ignatius DSouza
130. Sukumara Kuzhiyamkottuchal
131. Abdul Basheer KM
132. Mohiddin Farasusman
133. Mahim Mohammedpalli

134. Mohammedashraf KA
135. Mohamed Usman
136. Kunhikannan Chandu
137. Naveenwalter Fernandes
138. Saritaphilomena Dsouza
139. Ullas Dsilva
140. Mannapadupuashraf Abdul
141. Safdharali Sheik
142. Mahesh Shetty
143. Abdulharish Koppalamhouse
144. Abdul Jebran
145. Parambathkunhi Krishnan
146. Prabhakaran Pachikaran
147. Nekkareibrahim Ismail
148. Melwynkiran Menezes
149. Siddeeque Choorisulaiman
150. Putturismail Abdulla
151. Somashekhar Potyalsrinivasa
152. Lokesh Narayanan
153. Lolitta Dias
154. Lilly Dias
155. Praveena Sundar
156. Hilda Douza
157. Pradeep Deepanivas
158. Denis Saldanha
159. Ashton Saldanha (child)
160. Manthur Hassainar
161. Rama Satish
162. Mohammed Basheer
163. Aboobacker Siddeeq
164. Mohammed Usman
165. Shaileshrao Brahmavara
166. Mohammed Ziad
167. Sameena Abdul Karim
168. Zainab Mohammedziad (child)
169. Mohammed Subairzaid (child)

UPDATE – Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The black box of the ill-fated Dubai-Mangalore aircraft was found after three days of extensive search on Tuesday morning.

The DGCA said the black box is in perfect condition and there is no damage.

The officials are hopeful of retrieving all data that the flight data recorder in the box had recorded, which will give a clear picture about the events that led to the crash.

The probe will take at least 15 days since the information has to be decoded. It is likely to be taken to New Delhi for decoding process.

The black box is, contrary to its name, painted orange in color so that it is easily traceable after a crash.
The black box or the flight data recorder, which is mounted at the tail of the aircraft, can help the probe team reconstruct the events that led to the crash. The box is surrounded by multiple layers of insulation and is water, fire and pressure proof.
Investigators had recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit in a damaged condition from the wreckage on Sunday.