Air India plane crash survivors recount ordeal

Mangalore: Survivors from the Air India plane crash have spoken of their escape after 160 people were killed as a flight from Dubai skidded off the runway at Mangalore Airport.

Omar Farooq said after being admitted to the hospital that "there was a loud noise, followed by fire."

"I managed to jump out of a broken window," he said.

Abdullah, another one of the six confirmed survivors so far, added: "The plane had broken into two. I jumped out of the plane after it crashed. I saw two other people also come out.
 
"There was tyre-burst kind of noise. I tried to get out of the front but saw that there was a big fire. So I went back again and jumped out from there."

"We had no hope to survive, but we survived," Pradeep, a survivor who is an Indian technician working in Dubai, told local television.

"The plane broke into two and we jumped off the plane. As soon as the plane landed, within seconds this happened."

Helplines

If you are in the UAE, call the Air India helpline on 04 2165828, or 04 2165829. The other number is 050 3780114.

In India, the helpline to call is 0091 011 25656196 or 0091 011 26503101