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Hunt for clues in deadly Indian air crash

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Investigators at the site of Saturday’s airliner crash in southern India are searching for the jet’s data recorders to find out what caused the disaster.

The Air India Express Boeing 737 overshot Mangalore airport's hilltop runway and crashed into a valley, bursting into flames and killing 158.

Eight survivors are being treated in hospital for burns and other injuries.

Full story: BBC News – Hunt for clues in deadly Indian air crash