カテゴリー: Air transport
Second black box from flight AI171 was found on Sunday, days after disaster in which at least 279 people diedBusiness live – latest updatesInvestigators are preparing to study the pilots’ last words for clues as to the cause of last week’s Air India pl…
In today’s newsletter: With just one survivor emerging from the wreckage, investigators work to uncover the causeGood morning. An Air India plane bound for London Gatwick took off from Ahmedabad, India, at 1.38pm local time last Thursday. On board we…
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…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
In today’s newsletter: Israel takes unilateral action against Iran, which was in the middle of negotiations with the US, taking the Middle East to the brink of all-out warGood morning. After threatening to do so for decades, Israel launched a wave of s…
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 …
Witnesses at a hospital near the impact site described parts of the plane landing on a canteen building as 200 people ate insideAt 9.48am on Thursday, Air India flight 423 took off from New Delhi bound for Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat state, …
Footage recorded near the site of the crash showed people helping a man walking toward an ambulance. The survivor is believed to be Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British-Indian man from London. ‘When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. …
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is sole survivor of crash and told his brother he does not know how he escaped from the planeAir India plane crash – latest updatesA British man is the sole survivor of the London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people th…
CCTV footage captured the moment an Air India passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. More than 240 people were believed to be onboard the London Gatwick-bound aircraft. Ahmedabad police said there was at least o…