Mangaluru: The city wound the clock back eight years to pay homage to 158 people who died when Air India Express flight IX 812 crashed whilst landing at Mangaluru International Airport on May 22, 2010. The 158 sufferers had been amongst 166 passengers including six staff members, when the Dubai-Mangaluru flight skippered via captain Zlatko GluĊĦica overshot the runway and crashed into a ravine. A complete 8 passengers survived one among India’s worst aviation screw ups miraculously.
Deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S, who used to be an IAS probationer in Mandya on the day of the air crash, led the short memorial carrier organized on the memorial park on Thannirbhavi Road. A minute of silence used to be observed before Senthil laid a wreath on the newly-constructed memorial on the park. Designed in the form of the tailplane, the memorial abuts the park on the banks of the Gurupur. This park additionally properties the stays of 12 people who remained unidentified.
Solemnity marked the memorial with no speeches being made, barring a short lived remark on the tragedy that opened up eight-years-ago, via M L Vyshali, additional deputy commissioner. Dignitaries led via Senthil laid wreaths and showered flower petals on the memorial. Members of the uniformed services and products saluted the memorial. Unlike earlier years, the place a family member of the air crash sufferers or a survivor turned up, the memorial this yr used to be bereft of this type of person turning up.
While 136 bodies had been identified and handed over to their subsequent of relatives, the remaining 22 bodies had been subjected to DNA exam. A complete 10 bodies that could not be identified and were not claimed via any relatives had been interred on May 27, 2010 on land that belonged to New Mangalore Port Trust on the Thannirbhavi Road, just off Old Kulur Bridge. The New Mangalore Port in affiliation with Airports Authority of India has since constructed the brand new memorial at a price of Rs 12.13-lakh.
QUOTES
I used to be an IAS probationer at Mandya and heard in regards to the incident via TV and different media reports. I used to be involved in regards to the incident with Ponnuraj Sir (V Ponnuraj, then DC). – Sasikanth Senthil S, deputy commissioner.
I used to be directed via AAI HQ to report to Mangaluru in an instant in the aftermath of the air crash and reached here that afternoon. I used to be in the city for three days till the black field used to be recovered. AAI subsequently reposted me back to MIA in July, because the airport used to be getting a large number of mattress press over handling of the air crash and its aftermath. – M R Vasudeva, former airport director, MIA.
I may or would possibly not come back here subsequent yr. The day is still recent in my mind. I have seen dead bodies in my career, however not anything ready me for the flood of bodies that got here to the mortuary at Wenlock Hospital. Holding the hot charred bodies of babies made me feel cold within. Though I am not an ordinary eater of non-vegetarian food, I may not bring myself to devour meat for a number of months thereafter. – Dr Arun Ok Rao, psychiatrist, who has visited all earlier seven memorial events.
The pain that the following of relatives experienced in failing to spot their members of the family including two kids who had been completely charred with their folks continues to make my eye neatly with tears even now. Overwhelming display of harmony from all sections of society in dealing with the aftermath of the crash, including reinforce from Seemanth Kumar Singh, then city police commissioner is still recent in my mind.– S A Prabhakar Sharma, then in-charge DC.
It used to be one of the crucial superb rescue operations ever fastened. There had been a large number of things to be informed, and I have jotted down my findings to verify efficient coordination for this type of eventuality at some point. Speaking first-hand to one of the vital air crash survivors over phone after being tipped off via an area who suspected that the flight had crashed and alerted the keep watch over room, is a reminiscence that I will be able to by no means disregard. – Seemanth Kumar Singh, additional commissioner of police (East), Bengaluru, then city police commissioner.
Deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S, who used to be an IAS probationer in Mandya on the day of the air crash, led the short memorial carrier organized on the memorial park on Thannirbhavi Road. A minute of silence used to be observed before Senthil laid a wreath on the newly-constructed memorial on the park. Designed in the form of the tailplane, the memorial abuts the park on the banks of the Gurupur. This park additionally properties the stays of 12 people who remained unidentified.
Solemnity marked the memorial with no speeches being made, barring a short lived remark on the tragedy that opened up eight-years-ago, via M L Vyshali, additional deputy commissioner. Dignitaries led via Senthil laid wreaths and showered flower petals on the memorial. Members of the uniformed services and products saluted the memorial. Unlike earlier years, the place a family member of the air crash sufferers or a survivor turned up, the memorial this yr used to be bereft of this type of person turning up.
While 136 bodies had been identified and handed over to their subsequent of relatives, the remaining 22 bodies had been subjected to DNA exam. A complete 10 bodies that could not be identified and were not claimed via any relatives had been interred on May 27, 2010 on land that belonged to New Mangalore Port Trust on the Thannirbhavi Road, just off Old Kulur Bridge. The New Mangalore Port in affiliation with Airports Authority of India has since constructed the brand new memorial at a price of Rs 12.13-lakh.
QUOTES
I used to be an IAS probationer at Mandya and heard in regards to the incident via TV and different media reports. I used to be involved in regards to the incident with Ponnuraj Sir (V Ponnuraj, then DC). – Sasikanth Senthil S, deputy commissioner.
I used to be directed via AAI HQ to report to Mangaluru in an instant in the aftermath of the air crash and reached here that afternoon. I used to be in the city for three days till the black field used to be recovered. AAI subsequently reposted me back to MIA in July, because the airport used to be getting a large number of mattress press over handling of the air crash and its aftermath. – M R Vasudeva, former airport director, MIA.
I may or would possibly not come back here subsequent yr. The day is still recent in my mind. I have seen dead bodies in my career, however not anything ready me for the flood of bodies that got here to the mortuary at Wenlock Hospital. Holding the hot charred bodies of babies made me feel cold within. Though I am not an ordinary eater of non-vegetarian food, I may not bring myself to devour meat for a number of months thereafter. – Dr Arun Ok Rao, psychiatrist, who has visited all earlier seven memorial events.
The pain that the following of relatives experienced in failing to spot their members of the family including two kids who had been completely charred with their folks continues to make my eye neatly with tears even now. Overwhelming display of harmony from all sections of society in dealing with the aftermath of the crash, including reinforce from Seemanth Kumar Singh, then city police commissioner is still recent in my mind.– S A Prabhakar Sharma, then in-charge DC.
It used to be one of the crucial superb rescue operations ever fastened. There had been a large number of things to be informed, and I have jotted down my findings to verify efficient coordination for this type of eventuality at some point. Speaking first-hand to one of the vital air crash survivors over phone after being tipped off via an area who suspected that the flight had crashed and alerted the keep watch over room, is a reminiscence that I will be able to by no means disregard. – Seemanth Kumar Singh, additional commissioner of police (East), Bengaluru, then city police commissioner.
City pays homage to victims of air crash at solemn ceremony
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