Air India Express IX 812 debris stored in Kenjar valley

It took not less than three months to fully clear the debris of the ill-fated Dubai-Mangalore Air India Express IX 812 from the valley where it had plunged on May 22 , 2010. The remains have been stored in a corner of the Kenjar Valley, just 900 metres away from Mangalore airport and about a kilometre away from the crash site. It (the debris) lies there like a big junkyard, well-guarded behind strong walls and gates.
There could be thousands of parts of the aircraft exposed to the saline weather of the coastal area on a plot that belongs to the Airport Authority of India (AAI).
“The work of the Boeing (manufacturer of the plane) inspectors was long over with the debris but it still bears thetestimony to the horrific accident and will be stored there for we do not how many more years,” said an AAI official on duty at the yard of the twisted wreck of the plane.
It is mandatory to create a ‘memorial of the wreck’ in the nearest point of the crash. The wreckage of Air India Kanishka Flight 182 is stored in Vancouver even today, 20 years after the crash as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is still investigating the case and it is still needed for a future trial.
20/05/11 M Raghuram/Daily News & Analysis

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