A tabletop runway is a runway that is located on the top of a plateau with either end stopping abruptly and dropping into deep gorges. These type of runways create an optical illusion that requires a very precise approach from the pilot.

A large section of Indian media blamed the table-top runway at Mangalore Airport

Mangalore International Airport

Mangalore Airport, formerly known as Bajpe Airport, is a domestic and customs airport serving the coastal city of Mangalore, India...

 to be a causative factor for the Mangalore Air crash

Air India Express Flight 812

Air India Express Flight 812 was a scheduled passenger service from Dubai to Mangalore which at around 01:00 UTC on 22 May 2010, overshot the runway on landing, fell over a cliff and caught fire, spreading wreckage across the surrounding hillside...

on May 22, 2010.