Air India Express IX-812 accident - press release 6
23-May-2010 Air India Express B737-800 flight IX-812 from Dubai to Mangalore was involved in an accident on May 22, 2010.
The accident occurred after the aircraft landed at Mangalore airport and overshot the runway. There were 160 passengers and six crew members on board. There are eight survivors and the remaining 158 bodies have been recovered from the site. Eighty seven bodies have already been handed over to relatives.
Air India is according top priority to assisting the families of the passengers. The family members are being contacted and all support offered to them for their travel and other arrangements. Additional flights were operated to take family members of the passengers and crew to Mangalore.
Air India has also put in place its full Emergency Response Team at Mangalore. Local Coordination Centres have also been set up at Mangalore airport and city. One SAT (Special Assistance Team) member, Angels of Air India, has been assigned to each survivor and to the families of the deceased to assist them in any possible way. The international agency for emergency response and rescue operations M/s Kenyon has already been contacted to extend their support at Mangalore.
To assist us in continuing to help those most affected by this accident, we request that relatives and close friends only contact our following telephone numbers :
Mangalore 0824-2451046 / 0824-2451047.
Dubai Airport Tel. Nos. 00971-4-2165828 / 29.
Bangalore Helpline No. 080-66785172 / 080-22273310.
Mumbai Helpline Tel. No. 022-2279 6161
Mumbai Airport Tel. No. 022-2616 8310
Chennai Helpline Tel.No. 044-2256 0266
Kozhikode Helpline Tel. No. 0495-2771972