New Delhi: A high-level panel has been set up to investigate the causes of the Ahmedabad plane crash and the investigation is progressing smoothly, the government said on Saturday. The black box of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane that crashed on Thursday was recovered from the site on Friday evening. “Decoding of the black…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Cyprus, Canada and Croatia from June 15-19, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Saturday. As per the MEA statement, PM Modi will visit Cyprus on June 15-16, before going to Canada to participate in the G-7 Summit in Kananaskis on June 16-17. He will then…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday announced that the state would soon launch a ‘blood bank traceability application’ in the state, unifying blood bank data across the state. The CM, while announcing this on World Blood Donor Day, said the new initiative is to ensure timely access during emergencies by connecting the data…
Ahmedabad: Apart from central and state government agencies, a team of the National Security Guard (NSG) has been deployed at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, where 265 people lost their lives. According to official sources, the NSG team is at the site to assist other agencies in relief operations, and…
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…
