16 h. ago Air India pilot's haunting final words before fateful flight that killed 260

A guard at Sumeet Sabharwal's home has revealed the pilot's haunting final words before he took off for the doomed Gatwick-bound flight that killed 260 people when it crashed

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18 h. ago Air India pilot's final words as he left home on day of plane crash that killed 260 'after he turned off fuel switches'

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was the senior pilot onboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that plummeted into a residential area, killing 241 people on board and 19 people on the ground.

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22 h. ago Mum's tragic final act in plane crash saved her two young sons as 111 killed

Spencer Bailey was just three years old when he was involved in a horrific plane crash, which killed 111 people, including his mum Frances, who managed to save him and his brother

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59 h. ago Air India finds ‘no issues’ with fuel switches on other Boeings after crash

US report says investigators looking at actions of plane’s captain before plane crash that killed 260 peopleAir India has said it found “no issues” with the fuel switches on its other Boeing planes after the fatal crash that killed 260 people last month, as a US report suggested investigators have turned their attention to the actions of the plane’s captain.A preliminary report into the incident, released last week, found that the switches that controlled fuel going into the engines had been turned off “one after another” just after the plane took off from Ahmedabad airport. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Air India crash probe focuses on plane's 'calm' captain who 'co

The first officer reportedly expressed ‘surprise and panic’ after the fuel switches were turned off

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64 h. ago Air India cockpit audio reportedly shows first officer confronting captain over fuel switches

Pilots’ association criticises report for selectively relying on paraphrased cockpit voice recordings

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3 d. ago London Southend Airport reopens after four killed in plane crash

London Southend Airport reopens after four killed in plane crash  BBC

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3 d. ago UK to lift ban on Pakistani airlines after years of restrictions

The UK’s Air Safety Committee imposed the ban in 2020 after a plane crash killed 97 people

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3 d. ago Eerie connection between MH370, Air India and Germanwings disasters after pilot's warning

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit before crashing the plane into the side of a French mountain, killing 150 passengers in 2015

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4 d. ago Southend Airport plane crash latest: Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ medics killed in explosion

Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, a German citizen born in Chile, is named as one of the four victims

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4 d. ago Air India crash latest: Victims’ families demand justice as India orders Boeing fuel switch checks

London Gatwick-bound flight came down in Ahmedabad last month killing a total of 260 people

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4 d. ago Air India crash latest: India orders airlines to check Boeing fuel switches after report on Ahmedabad tragedy

London Gatwick-bound flight came down in Ahmedabad last month killing a total of 260 people

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4 d. ago Southend Airport plane crash latest: No survivors in explosion that killed flight nurse on first day of new job

Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, a German citizen born in Chile has been named as one of the victims of the crash.

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5 d. ago Was the Air India crash really a deliberate act by a suicidal pilot? CHRISTOPHER STEVENS examines all the unanswered questions still surrounding the disaster... and uncovers a troubling new theory

A death toll of 260, more than four weeks of feverish theories and a global public desperate for reassurance that it is still safe to fly.

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5 d. ago Southend Airport plane crash latest: ‘Beloved’ flight nurse killed in crash was on first day of new job

Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, a German citizen born in Chile has been named as one of the victims of the crash.

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5 d. ago Nurse, 31, who was killed in the Southend Airport plane crash alongside three other foreign nationals 'was on her first day in the job'

Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, a German citizen but born in in Chile, had worked as a nurse before but was on her first shift as a flight nurse.

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5 d. ago Southend Airport plane crash latest: ‘Beloved’ flight nurse killed in explosion was on first day of new job

Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, a German citizen born in Chile has been named as one of the victims of the crash.

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5 d. ago London Southend Airport plane crash: ‘Beloved’ flight nurse killed in explosion was on first day of new job

London Southend Airport plane crash: ‘Beloved’ flight nurse killed in explosion was on first day of new job  The Irish Independent

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5 d. ago Nurse, 31, who was killed in the Southend Airport plane crash alongside three other foreign nationals 'was on her first day in the job' Did you witness the crash? Email

Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, a German citizen but born in in Chile, had worked as a nurse before but was on her first shift as a flight nurse.

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5 d. ago Tragic nurse killed in Southend Airport plane crash was on first day of new job

Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz was on her first day aboard a private medical jet when it spiralled off the runway and nose-dived into the ground after taking off at Southend Airport.

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