MANGALURU: The town wound the clock again eight years to pay homage to 158 people who died when Air India Express flight IX 812 crashed whilst touchdown at Mangaluru International Airport on May 22, 2010. The 158 sufferers have been amongst 166 passengers including six workforce participants, when the Dubai-Mangaluru flight skippered by means of captain Zlatko GluĊĦica overshot the runway and crashed right into a ravine. A complete eight passengers survived one among India’s worst aviation failures miraculously.
Deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S, who was an IAS probationer in Mandya on the day of the air crash, led the quick memorial service organized at the memorial park on Thannirbhavi Road. A minute of silence was observed sooner than Senthil laid a wreath at the newly-constructed memorial at the park. Designed in the form of the tailplane, the memorial abuts the park on the banks of the Gurupur. This park also homes the stays of 12 people who remained unidentified.
Solemnity marked the memorial without a speeches being made, barring a temporary statement on the tragedy that opened up eight-years-ago, by means of M L Vyshali, further deputy commissioner. Dignitaries led by means of Senthil laid wreaths and showered flower petals on the memorial. Members of the uniformed products and services saluted the memorial. Unlike previous years, the place a family member of the air crash sufferers or a survivor grew to become up, the memorial this 12 months was bereft of this type of particular person turning up.
While 136 bodies have been identified and handed over to their next of relations, the remaining 22 bodies have been subjected to DNA exam. A complete 10 bodies that could not be identified and were not claimed by means of any relations have been interred on May 27, 2010 on land that belonged to New Mangalore Port Trust on the Thannirbhavi Road, simply off Old Kulur Bridge. The New Mangalore Port in association with Airports Authority of India has since built the brand new memorial at a value of Rs 12.13-lakh.
QUOTES
I was an IAS probationer at Mandya and heard concerning the incident thru TV and different media studies. I was in touch concerning the incident with Ponnuraj Sir (V Ponnuraj, then DC). – Sasikanth Senthil S, deputy commissioner.
I was directed by means of AAI HQ to report to Mangaluru immediately in the aftermath of the air crash and reached right here that afternoon. I was in the town for three days till the black field was recovered. AAI due to this fact reposted me again to MIA in July, because the airport was getting a large number of bed press over handling of the air crash and its aftermath. – M R Vasudeva, former airport director, MIA.
I would possibly or won't come again right here next 12 months. The day is still fresh in my thoughts. I have seen lifeless bodies in my profession, however not anything ready me for the flood of bodies that got here to the mortuary at Wenlock Hospital. Holding the recent charred bodies of small children made me feel chilly inside. Though I'm really not a regular eater of non-vegetarian food, I may just not convey myself to devour meat for several months thereafter. – Dr Arun Okay Rao, psychiatrist, who has visited all previous seven memorial events.
The pain that the following of relations experienced in failing to spot their family members including two kids who have been utterly charred with their parents continues to make my eye smartly with tears even now. Overwhelming display of solidarity from all sections of society in coping with the aftermath of the crash, including enhance from Seemanth Kumar Singh, then town police commissioner is still fresh in my thoughts.– S A Prabhakar Sharma, then in-charge DC.
It was one of the crucial very good rescue operations ever mounted. There have been a large number of things to be informed, and I have jotted down my findings to make sure efficient coordination for this type of eventuality sooner or later. Speaking first-hand to probably the most air crash survivors over phone after being tipped off by means of a local who suspected that the flight had crashed and alerted the keep watch over room, is a reminiscence that I will never forget. – Seemanth Kumar Singh, further commissioner of police (East), Bengaluru, then town police commissioner.
Deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S, who was an IAS probationer in Mandya on the day of the air crash, led the quick memorial service organized at the memorial park on Thannirbhavi Road. A minute of silence was observed sooner than Senthil laid a wreath at the newly-constructed memorial at the park. Designed in the form of the tailplane, the memorial abuts the park on the banks of the Gurupur. This park also homes the stays of 12 people who remained unidentified.
Solemnity marked the memorial without a speeches being made, barring a temporary statement on the tragedy that opened up eight-years-ago, by means of M L Vyshali, further deputy commissioner. Dignitaries led by means of Senthil laid wreaths and showered flower petals on the memorial. Members of the uniformed products and services saluted the memorial. Unlike previous years, the place a family member of the air crash sufferers or a survivor grew to become up, the memorial this 12 months was bereft of this type of particular person turning up.
While 136 bodies have been identified and handed over to their next of relations, the remaining 22 bodies have been subjected to DNA exam. A complete 10 bodies that could not be identified and were not claimed by means of any relations have been interred on May 27, 2010 on land that belonged to New Mangalore Port Trust on the Thannirbhavi Road, simply off Old Kulur Bridge. The New Mangalore Port in association with Airports Authority of India has since built the brand new memorial at a value of Rs 12.13-lakh.
QUOTES
I was an IAS probationer at Mandya and heard concerning the incident thru TV and different media studies. I was in touch concerning the incident with Ponnuraj Sir (V Ponnuraj, then DC). – Sasikanth Senthil S, deputy commissioner.
I was directed by means of AAI HQ to report to Mangaluru immediately in the aftermath of the air crash and reached right here that afternoon. I was in the town for three days till the black field was recovered. AAI due to this fact reposted me again to MIA in July, because the airport was getting a large number of bed press over handling of the air crash and its aftermath. – M R Vasudeva, former airport director, MIA.
I would possibly or won't come again right here next 12 months. The day is still fresh in my thoughts. I have seen lifeless bodies in my profession, however not anything ready me for the flood of bodies that got here to the mortuary at Wenlock Hospital. Holding the recent charred bodies of small children made me feel chilly inside. Though I'm really not a regular eater of non-vegetarian food, I may just not convey myself to devour meat for several months thereafter. – Dr Arun Okay Rao, psychiatrist, who has visited all previous seven memorial events.
The pain that the following of relations experienced in failing to spot their family members including two kids who have been utterly charred with their parents continues to make my eye smartly with tears even now. Overwhelming display of solidarity from all sections of society in coping with the aftermath of the crash, including enhance from Seemanth Kumar Singh, then town police commissioner is still fresh in my thoughts.– S A Prabhakar Sharma, then in-charge DC.
It was one of the crucial very good rescue operations ever mounted. There have been a large number of things to be informed, and I have jotted down my findings to make sure efficient coordination for this type of eventuality sooner or later. Speaking first-hand to probably the most air crash survivors over phone after being tipped off by means of a local who suspected that the flight had crashed and alerted the keep watch over room, is a reminiscence that I will never forget. – Seemanth Kumar Singh, further commissioner of police (East), Bengaluru, then town police commissioner.
Mangaluru pays homage to victims of air crash at solemn ceremony
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