On May 22, 2010 (April 9, 2010 lunar calendar), 159 people were killed when an Indian passenger plane crashed on landing. On May 22, 2010, an Indian passenger plane crashed on landing. 159 people were killed. On May 22, 2010, it was reported that an Air India Boeing 737 plane crashed on landing in southern India that morning. A total of 166 passengers and crew were on board, of which 158 were killed and 8 survived. The passenger plane departed from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and was destined for Mangalore Airport in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka. The plane ran off the runway as it tried to land and crashed into a deep valley nearby. The fuselage was completely destroyed and caused a fire. Television footage showed the wreckage of the passenger plane scattered on the ground, billowing smoke. According to the Chinese Embassy in India, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs and Karnataka officials said on the 22nd that no Chinese citizens were found on the passenger plane that crashed that morning. An official from the Dubai office of Air India confirmed to Xinhua News Agency on the 22nd that all the passengers on the passenger plane that crashed that day were Indians. After the crash of the passenger plane, the local police and fire departments launched rescue work with full force, dispatching dozens of police cars and fire engines. A slightly injured person recalled in an interview with the media at a nearby hospital that after the passenger plane ran off the runway, it hit an object and broke into several pieces. Nearby villagers first came to the rescue. According to reports, no distress signal was issued before the crash. Neither of the two pilots of the crashed passenger plane was Indian, and one of them was Russian. According to the report, Mangalore Airport is located in a mountainous area and is one of the most difficult airports to take off and land in India. Recently, it has been raining in the area where the airport is located, the visibility is poor, and the road surface is slippery. An aviation expert said that the airport needs a precise landing navigation system. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed his condolences to the victims after learning of the news of the passenger plane crash, expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, and ordered that each family member of the victims be issued 200,000 rupees (1 US dollar is about 46 rupees) pension (according to the exchange rate at that time, 1 life is converted into RMB 30,000).