Chhatrapati Sambhajingar: As the crash of the Air India flight in Ahmedabad has shocked the country, a resident of Parbhani in Maharashtra recalled another aircraft accident that took place 32 years ago and claimed 55 lives. Vasant Shinde, a former municipal council president of Jintur in Parbhani district, told a news channel on Friday that…
Kochi: The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) on Friday said that capping and plugging of all identified fuel oil tanks of the Liberian-flagged ship, which sank off the Kerala coast last month, has been completed, and there is no evidence of oil leakage in the vicinity of the wreck. According to a situation report issued…
Ahmedabad: While the families of the Ahmedabad plane crash victims are already finding it tough to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones, what is adding to their woes is the long wait they have to endure to get their mortal remains. More than 30 hours have passed since the horrific crash…
Ahmedabad: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Friday said the black box of Air India’s crashed Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft has been recovered from the rooftop of the residential quarters of BJ Medical College here. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed soon after taking off into the residential quarters of…
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited the site of the Air India plane crash, in which 265 people lost their lives, and met the injured at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad. A day after the deadly plane crash in the city, the bodies of six victims were handed over to their families after…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday termed Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks in Ahmedabad following a plane crash “insensitive”, and said the least he could offer is a promise of accountability, not a “shrug and a lecture on fate”. Sharing a brief clip from the home minister’s remarks, Congress’s media and publicity department head Pawan…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the plane crash tragedy in Ahmedabad has left everyone devastated, saying the loss of so many lives in such a sudden and heartbreaking manner is beyond words. Modi posted his message of grief and condolence on X as he visited the crash site and met…
Ahmedabad: At least 265 people were killed on Thursday when a London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed into a medical college complex here and burst into a ball of fire less than a minute after takeoff, an official said. The dead in the country’s worst air disaster in recent times included…
Mumbai: Air India has confirmed that 241 people on board its London-bound flight were killed when the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. The Boeing 787-8 aircraft was carrying 242 passengers and crew members. The passengers comprised 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals, and one Canadian national….
New Delhi: GE Aerospace on Thursday said it is prepared to support Air India and the investigation into the plane crash in Ahmedabad. “We have activated our emergency response team, and we are prepared to support our customer and the investigation,” a GE Aerospace spokesperson said in a statement. The London Gatwick-bound Boeing 787 aircraft…
