Boeing sending team to assist in Mangalore crash probe

Chicago/Mumbai: American aircraft manufacturer Boeing is sending a team to India to provide technical assistance in the investigation of the Air India plane crash in Mangalore on Saturday.
Boeing is sending a team to provide technical assistance to the investigation “at the invitation of the Indian authorities”, the city-based commercial aircraft maker said in a statement here.
The aircraft involved in the mishap was a 737-800, the latest range of aircrafts being rolled out by Boeing.
“Boeing wishes to express its profound condolences to the friends and family of those lost on Air India Expess Flight IX—892, as well as its wish for the recovery of those injured,” it said.
The flight IX—892 overshot the runway and ploughed into the forest while landing at the Mangalore airport this morning.
According to aviation officials, the aircraft overshot the runway, hit a fence and went beyond the boundary wall of the airport and fell into a cliff.
The ill-fated Boeing 737-800, which was inducted on January 15, 2008, was coming from Dubai.
22/05/10 PTI/The Hindu

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