Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has arrived here to access the situation after the Air India Express Flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed while landing at the Mangalore Airport this morning.

Earlier this morning, Praful Patel had briefed the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, about rescue operations that were being carried out at the crash site.

Meanwhile, a probe team from Mumbai will arrive Mangalore today to inspect the crash site and determine the cause of the mishap.

Air India officials, on Saturday, confirmed that eight people, including four children, had survived the Mangalore crash.

"The crash took place at around 6: 03 a.m. There were total 160 passengers, excluding six crew members. 158 are feared dead," said Anup Kumar, Director, Air India.

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Tracking the reception to Google's second day of announcements was best done by closing your eyes, and listening for the sounds from the roughly 5,000 assembled developers in the theatre at the Moscone Center, San Francisco.

Relieved applause greeted the announcement of a new version of Google's Android mobile phone platform, called FroYo for Frozen Yoghurt or more simply Android 2.2, as the expectations of the developers were confirmed by Vice-President of Engineering Vic Gundotera. Minutes later the room erupted into wild applause and hollering with the news that it will be possible to tether Android devices to act as 3G modems, and also to use them to create wireless hotspots.