23 h. ago Engine fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report finds

Preliminary investigation into accident in Ahmedabad in June also contains details of pilots discussing the switchesA preliminary report by Indian aviation accident investigators said the fatal Air India crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad in June showed the plane engines’ fuel switches shifting from run to cutoff within seconds of each other.The report also contained information about the pilots discussing the switches. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago British father had been booked on doomed Air India plane but changed flights

Businessman Owen Jackson was scheduled to jet back to UK on flight that crashed killing 241 on board but ended up extending business trip

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3 w. ago British father was booked on doomed Air India plane but had to change flights

Businessman Owen Jackson was scheduled to jet back to UK on flight that crashed killing 241 on board but ended up extending business trip

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash: investigators to examine pilots’ voice recordings

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 plane crash, after recovering the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage.The voice recorder was in the Boeing 787 aircraft’s second black box, which Indian authorities said they had found on Sunday. The first, containing the flight data recorder, was located within 28 hours of Thursday’s disaster in Ahmedabad, in which at least 279 people died. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash Updates: 47 Victims Identified Through DNA Testing, Vijay Rupani's Funeral Tomorrow

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Updates: 47 Victims Identified Through DNA Testing, Vijay Rupani's Funeral Tomorrow  NDTV

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3 w. ago Air India Ahmedabad plane crash: Auto driver turns carpenter; crafts coffins for victims

Air India Ahmedabad plane crash: Auto driver turns carpenter; crafts coffins for victims  The Hindu

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3 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: Process Of DNA Matching Of Ex

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: Process Of DNA Matching Of Ex-Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Underway  NDTV

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3 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: Gujarat Admin To Hand Over Identified Bodies To Families Today

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: Gujarat Admin To Hand Over Identified Bodies To Families Today  NDTV

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3 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash Highlights: DNA Samples Of 19 Victims Matched, Toll Reaches 274

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Highlights: DNA Samples Of 19 Victims Matched, Toll Reaches 274  NDTV

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3 w. ago Loved ones hail Britons feared dead in Air India plane crash as airline confirms death toll

There were 53 Britons on the flight when it went down.

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4 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live: DNA Samples Of 19 Victims Matched, Toll Reaches 274

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live: DNA Samples Of 19 Victims Matched, Toll Reaches 274  NDTV

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4 w. ago Girls orphaned when father died in Air India crash after scattering wife’s ashes

Arjun Patoliya, 37, was killed 18 days after his wife Bharti died from cancer, a GoFundMe to support his children said.

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4 w. ago The questions behind the Air India plane crash: What caused it and what happens next?

British man sole survivor from Boeing 787 Dreamliner carrying 242 people

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4 w. ago Expert details Air India pilots' conversation before crash 'over simple error'

Only one person survived the tragic crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning, but a plane expert has said that disaster could have been averted if the pilot did one thing

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4 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: British investigators reach India as second black box found in decade’s worst aviation disaster

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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4 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live: Centre To Hold First Briefing As 274 Killed In Air India Crash

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live: Centre To Hold First Briefing As 274 Killed In Air India Crash  NDTV

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4 w. ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash: London Man Who Came To India To Immerse Wife's Ashes Among The Dead

Ahmedabad Plane Crash: London Man Who Came To India To Immerse Wife's Ashes Among The Dead  News18

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4 w. ago Tributes pour in for Britons killed in Air India plane crash

Two sisters in their early 20s on their way home from surprising their grandmother for her birthday are among the victims.

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4 w. ago ‘She was a wonder’: Ahmedabad reels amid aftermath of Air India plane crash

True scale of the tragedy still unfolding, as accounts of those onboard begin to emergeAs he dropped off his only daughter at Ahmedabad airport, Suraj Mistry seized the opportunity to take one final family selfie before she went back to London. Kinal Mistry, 24, had laughed lovingly at her father as he made her promise that they would meet again soon. “Yes, Daddy, very soon,” she said.Instead, the photo – of Kinal smiling beside her mother and father – would commemorate the last time his family was a whole. In scenes of horror that have since reverberated around the world, just a few minutes after the flight took off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday morning, it plummeted from the sky, exploding in an inferno of fire and black smoke. Only one of the 242 people onboard survived. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: Second black box recovered from Dreamliner wreckage as grieving families demand answers

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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