- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 22, 2010
Time: 0610
Location: Mangalore, India
Operator: Air India Express
Flight #: 812
Route: Dubai, UAE - Mangalore, India
AC Type: Boeing 737-8HG
Registration: VT-AXV
cn / ln: 36333/2481 
Aboard: 166   (passengers:160  crew:6)
Fatalities: 159   (passengers:153  crew:6)
Ground: 0
Summary: While attempting to land at Mangalore Airport, the plane overran the runway, slid down a ravine into a wooded valley, and burst into flames. Despite being warned by the aircraft computers to "pull up, the captain did not heed the warning. He also ignored the co-pilot telling him to go-around,
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