India plane crash survivors jumped from burning wreckage

Survivors of an air crash that killed nearly 160 people in India today told how they jumped from the burning plane as it broke up and plunged into a valley.

Survivors of an air crash that killed nearly 160 people in India today told how they jumped from the burning plane as it broke up and plunged into a valley.

Of the 166 passengers and crew on board the Air India flight to Mangalore, only eight survived as it overshot the “table-top” runway at Bajpe airport.

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