カテゴリー: Air India Ahmedabad plane crash
Relatives of Pooja and Harshit Patel, who were visiting from Leicester, want to cremate them together but have faced painful wait for identificationIn the ramshackle, cramped lanes of Ambika Nagar in the Indian city of Gujarat, everyone spoke of Pooja …
Aviation ministry says Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner reached height of 650ft before rapidly descending and hitting ground 2km from airport“Mayday, mayday,” was the final radio message sent by the pilot of the Air India 171 flight bound for London, moments be…
In the close-knit community, meetings among neighbours have become vigils for the deadAir India crash – latest updates“We started in a terrace house back in 1971, when all the Asians were expelled from Uganda – we got bigger and bigger, and now we are …
Bhoomi Chauhan says she was 10 minutes late and asked airline staff to let her through but was turned awayA student who was booked on the Air India flight to London Gatwick that crashed on Thursday missed boarding the plane by 10 minutes due to traffic…
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh must have acted fast to seize his unlikely chance to escape, say experts in crashes and safety‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor describes Air India crashTony Cable, a former senior air crash investigator, …
True scale of tragedy still unfolding as accounts from family members of those onboard begin to emerge‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor describes Air India crashAs he dropped off his only daughter at Ahmedabad airport, Suraj Mi…
Unexplained descent of Boeing 787 before deadly crash has cast fresh shadows over US aircraft manufacturerA team of Boeing experts has flown out to offer assistance to the state-led investigation into the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, with UK and US of…
Officers say 265 bodies found so far as families queue at Ahmedabad hospital to identify loved onesThe flight data recorder has been recovered from the wreckage of Thursday’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad, as investigations continued into the cause of t…
The British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described the horror of watching people ‘dying in front of my eyes’. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he thought he was dead when the plane crashed into a building, before realising he was alive and escap…
Fifty-three Britons were onboard, among them young families, students and business people on their way homeTributes are being made to the passengers who died on the Air India flight bound for London Gatwick airport that crashed shortly after takeoff fr…
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he thought he was dead as plane exploded but escaped through opening in fuselageAir India crash – latest updatesThe British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described the horror of watching people “dying in front of …
Airline’s maintenance regime will also be scrutinised as experts offer theories for cause of disasterThe official investigation into Air India flight AI171 is focusing on the Boeing 787’s engine thrust, wing flaps and landing gear, with the airline’s m…
Narendra Modi visits Ahmedabad crash site where at least 265 people died, with one passenger on Boeing jet survivingAir India crash – latest updatesRescue teams with sniffer dogs were combing the crash site of a London-bound passenger jet that ploughed…
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Air India flight 171, bound for London, crashed shortly after takeoff from the north-western Indian city of Ahmedabad, killing more than 260 peopleAir India plane crash – latest updatesFull report: British man is sole survivor of Air India plane crash …