Pictures: Air India plane crash
Rescue personnel recover a body from the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express passenger plane crashed in flames after overshooting the runway in the southern city of Mangalore, killing most of the 166 people on board. The state-run carrier said at least eight people had been rescued from the burning wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 which was carrying 160 passengers and six crew on a flight from Dubai. (Photo credit STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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A survivor from the Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft crash is wheeled into a hospital in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express passenger plane crashed in flames after overshooting the runway in the southern city of Mangalore, killing most of the 166 people on board. The state-run carrier said at least eight people had been rescued from the burning wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 which was carrying 160 passengers and six crew on a flight from Dubai. (Photo credit STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Rescue personnel recover a charred body from the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express passenger plane crashed in flames after overshooting the runway in the southern city of Mangalore, killing most of the 166 people on board. (Photo credit STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Onlookers watch firemen and paramilitary personnel conduct rescue work at the airline crash site, on May 22, 2010 in Mangalore. An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 series aircraft overshot the runway on arrival and crashed into a forest. (Photo by Solaris Images/Getty Images)
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Rescue personnel work at the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express plane overshot a runway and crashed in flames Saturday in southern India, killing 158 people as a handful of survivors managed to scramble from the burning wreckage. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)
Rescue personnel and volunteers carry a victim¿¿¿s body on a stretcher at the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express plane overshot a runway and crashed in flames Saturday in southern India, killing 158 people as a handful of survivors managed to scramble from the burning wreckage. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)
A rescue worker sits at the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)
Rescue personnel and volunteers work at the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express plane overshot a runway and crashed in flames Saturday in southern India, killing 158 people as a handful of survivors managed to scramble from the burning wreckage.Officials said the Boeing 737-800, carrying 160 passengers and six crew on a flight from Dubai, careered off the end of the ‘table-top’ runway at Bajpe airport and plunged into a forested gorge where it was engulfed in flames. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)
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Firemen, para-military personnel and helpers at the site of the aircrash, on May 22, 2010 in Mangalore. An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 series aircraft overshot the runway on arrival and crashed into a forest. Airline officials say 8 people have been rescued while nearly 160 others are feared dead. (Photo by Solaris Images/Getty Images)
Rescue personnel are seen among the smouldering wreckage of an Air India Boeing aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore. An Air India Express passenger plane crashed in flames after overshooting the runway in the southern city of Mangalore, killing most of the 166 people on board. The state-run carrier said at least eight people had been rescued from the burning wreckage which was carrying 160 passengers and six crew on a flight from Dubai. (Photo by STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Rescue personnel are seen near the smouldering wreckage of an Air India Boeing aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore. (Photo by STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Rescue personnel, volunteers and onlookers are seen near the smouldering wreckage of an Air India Boeing aircraft which crashed upon landing in Mangalore. (Photo by STR/AFP/Getty Images)