How many people were killed in the plane crash? [originaltext]

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    Survivors of a plane crash in Southern India have suggested the plane seemed to hit something as it prepared to land, then caught fire and broke into pieces. Officials say there’d been no distress signal from the pilot. (2) 166 people were on board, only eight survived.
    Officials say the aircraft, a Boeing 737, landed midway on the runway, located on top of the hill and was unable to stop. It rushed off the runway and crashed into a heavily wooded gorge below. Incredibly, some people were thrown clear of the wreckage and were able to survive. Although it was raining at the time, aviation officials say it was not enough to make things difficult for the pilot, and (3) there was no indication from the control cabin of something going wrong. All attention is on recovering the black box data recorder to establish what might have happened.