24 h. ago Air India ‘sabotage’ theory investigated by Indian authorities after plane crash killed 270

Investigators have begun analysing the Boeing 787’s black boxes but say it will be months before they release their findings

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34 h. ago Air India investigators are probing sabotage after crash killed 260 when 'both engines lost power' moments after take off

There were 53 Britons onboard the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that exploded shortly after taking off from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on June 12.

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37 h. ago Air India investigators probing whether fatal flight that crashed killing 260 was 'sabotaged'

There has previously been speculation of potential sabotage, but this is the first time officials have formally acknowledged they are looking into it.

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38 h. ago Air India investigators probing whether deadly plane crash was 'sabotage'

India's Minister of State for Civil Aviation said investigators are assessing whether the tragic Air India plane crash, which killed 260 people, might have been 'sabotage'

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38 h. ago Air India investigators probing alarming explanation for deadly crash

India's Minister of State for Civil Aviation said investigators are assessing whether the tragic Air India plane crash, which killed 260 people, might have been 'sabotage'

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40 h. ago Air India investigators probing whether deadly crash that killed 260 was 'sabotage'

The tragedy place earlier this month when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner collided with a medical college moments after take-off

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42 h. ago Air India plane crash could be 'sabotage' as new theory on tragedy that killed 260 emerges

There were 241 people killed on the doomed flight leaving from Ahmedabad earlier this month, but while investigations into the death continue, a new malicious theory is starting to form

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4 d. ago India ‘denies UN agency’s request’ to join probe into deadly Air India crash

Indian authorities have reportedly denied a UN request to send an observer to the Air India Dreamliner crash investigation

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1 week ago Simon Calder answers your air travel safety questions – from Boeing worries to the truth about budget airlines

Travel expert Simon Calder answered readers’ questions on flight safety – from how crashes like the Air India disaster are investigated to what passengers can do to stay safe

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1 week ago Air India crash latest: More than 200 victims identified as investigators focus on narrowing down cause

Indian aviation regulator finds no major safety flaws in Air India Dreamliners but flags maintenance and coordination issues

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1 week ago Air India crash survivor attends brother’s funeral as investigators examine plane’s emergency systems

As funerals are carried out and bodies are identified, new questions have arisen about the plane’s engines after takeoffThe sole survivor of the Air India crash has helped carry his brother’s flower-heaped coffin to a crematorium in the western Indian coastal town of Diu, days after they plummeted into the ground shortly after takeoff.With bandages still on his face and arm, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who was discharged from hospital on Tuesday, broke into sobs and was consoled by relatives. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Air India survivor carries brother’s coffin amid questions over plane’s emergency systems

Investigators reportedly examining whether ‘last resort’ ram air turbine functioned after takeoff The sole survivor of the Air India crash has helped carry his brother’s flower-heaped coffin to a crematorium in the western Indian coastal town of Diu, days after they plummeted into the ground shortly after takeoff.With bandages still on his face and arm, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who was discharged from hospital on Tuesday, broke into sobs and was consoled by relatives. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Did Air India crash plane's engines fail during takeoff? Investigators believe emergency power system 'was likely active'

Preliminary finding of the probe into the crash involving Boeing Dreamliner 787 points towards problems with the plane’s engines during takeoff

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1 week ago Did Air India crash plane's engines fail during takeoff? Investigators probe theory emergency power system 'was likely active'

Preliminary finding of the probe into the crash involving Boeing Dreamliner 787 points towards problems with the plane’s engines during takeoff

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Air India crash latest: Investigators find emergency power likely came on before crash as 66 Dreamliner flights cancelled

Indian aviation regulator finds no major safety flaws in Air India Dreamliners but flags maintenance and coordination issues

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1 week 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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1 week 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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