A plane crash in southern India early Saturday has killed more than 160 passengers, an Indian official said.
V.S. Acharya, the home minister of India’s Karnataka state, told CNN-IBN he thought about five or or six people had survived the crash.
The Air India plane was carrying 165 passengers — including four infants — and went down around 6:30 a.m. (9 p.m. ET Friday) near the Mangalore airport, CNN-IBN reported, citing an airline spokesman.
The Boeing 737 burst into flames after overshooting the runway on a flight from Dubai, CNN-IBN reported.
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