6 h. ago Air India breaks silence after report suggests pilots may have made fatal error

Air India has spoken out after crash investigators shared a preliminary report into the disaster suggested switches to the engines’ fuel supplies may have been turned off seconds after it left the runway

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8 h. ago Air India crash pilots may have made 'fatal error' seconds after take off

The aircraft, which had only just set off for Gatwick, suddenly crashed into a medical college after taking off from the city of Ahmedabad on June 12.

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10 h. ago Air India crash investigation 'suggests pilot error after no plane fault found'

Preliminary findings of investigation into crash involving London Gatwick-bound flight said to indicate pilots could have made fatal error

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10 h. ago Air India plane crash pilots may have made 'fatal error' after take off in major update

The crash in India last month killed all but one of the 242 people onboard and investigators should release a preliminary report within a month of the accident under aviation guidelines

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11 h. ago Air India crash probe 'focussing on pilot error after no plane fault found'

Preliminary findings of the investigation into the crash of London Gatwick-bound flight said to indicate pilots could have made fatal error

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11 h. ago Air India crash pilots may have made 'fatal error' seconds after take off, investigators claim

The Gatwick-bound Air India flight killed 260 people last month and now crash investigators have made claims as they probe what happened in Ahmedabad on the doomed plane

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2 w. ago Air India flight from Birmingham diverted after 'bomb threat' on board

After the bomb threat was discovered, the flight made an emergency landing at Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia where security agencies conducted a full search of the aircraft

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3 w. ago Air India Brit survivor's guilt as he explains why he didn't sit with brother

Vishwash, 40, is still recovering from the Air India disaster which killed 279 people, including his brother, and says he feels survivors guilt after the horror as they had hoped to sit together

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3 w. ago Air India crash survivor carries brother's coffin at funeral in chilling scenes

The funeral procession in Gujarat, India, was held days after the air disaster that killed 241 people onboard, as well as at least 38 on the ground, on June 12

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3 w. ago Possible Air India crash cause revealed by investigators in huge breakthrough

It comes after British families of crash victims were said to be facing 'pain and frustration' over delays in the identification and repatriation of their relatives.

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3 w. ago Air India crash investigators reveal new breakthrough theory on cause of tragedy

Investigators probing the crash of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad have given an insight into their investigation

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3 w. ago Breakthrough in Air India plane crash probe as investigators reveal doomed flight could have been running on emergency power supply when 'both engines failed' during takeoff

Investigators are looking into whether the doomed Air India flight had an emergency-power generator operating when it crashed last week. 

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3 w. ago Air India crash possible cause of flight tragedy revealed as investigators make breakthrough

The Boeing Dreamliner was carrying 242 people when it crashed just minutes after take off from Ahmedabad, India and exploded into a giant fireball killing 270 with just one survivor

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3 w. ago Air India crash investigators reveal possible cause of tragedy in huge breakthrough

Investigators have revealed a breakthrough in the Air India disaster probe - while British families are calling on the government to provide more support on the ground

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3 w. ago Investigators recover cockpit voice recorder from crashed Air India flight in major breakthrough for probe

Two ‘black boxes’ have now been recovered after an Air India plane crashed, killing at least 270 people

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4 w. ago Air India pilots pictured as desperate final words seconds before crash revealed

The plane, bound for Gatwick Airport in London, erupted into a fireball near Ahmedabad Airport in western India, killing everyone apart from one British man on board

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4 w. ago Air India confirms one survivor with 241 dead as airline 'offers deepest condolences'

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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4 w. ago Shocked family of 'miracle' Brit who survived Air India plane crash break silence

A relative of Air India passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh said he was 'painted with blood' after he emerged from the wreckage of the doomed flight bound for London

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4 w. ago Air India crash update as more Brit victims names released including couple and daughter

Around 50 Brits were on board the doomed Air India flight which saw a horrific crash just minutes after taking off, with the flight headed for Gatwick earlier today

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4 w. ago 'Upset' family of Air India survivor says he has 'no idea' how he escaped as brother missing

Miracle Brit Vishwash Kumar Ramesh cheated death after somehow escaping the fireball horror and walking away with minor injuries, but his brother is still missing

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