9 h. ago Air India pilot’s last words moments before aircraft crashed to the ground revealed

The Gatwick-bound flight crashed and killed 241 people on board shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad

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12 h. ago Air India crash pilot's final words in Mayday call seconds before plane exploded

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from Ahmedabad, India for London on Thursday before crashing into a medical facility just minutes later killing 270 in a massive fire ball

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13 h. ago Son of Air India crash victim says he missed her last call: ‘My worst nightmare’

The son of a British-Indian woman who died in the Air India plane crash has revealed he missed her last phone call, made just hours before she boarded the ill-fated flight.

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18 h. ago Air India plane crash latest: Pilot’s last words revealed as families wait anxiously for bodies of victims

India has ordered all Boeing 787s being operated by local carriers to be inspected

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19 h. ago London Couple Who Lost Pilot Son in France Crash Die in Air India Crash

London Couple Who Lost Pilot Son in France Crash Die in Air India Crash  Aviation A2Z

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27 h. 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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37 h. ago Air India captain sent mayday less than minute before crash, say authorities

Aviation ministry says Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner reached height of 650ft before rapidly descending and hitting ground 2km from airport“Mayday, mayday,” was the final radio message sent by the pilot of the Air India 171 flight bound for London, moments before it crashed to the ground, killing more than 270 people.In a briefing by India’s aviation authorities on Saturday, authorities confirmed that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was piloting the flight, sent a distress call to air traffic control less a minute after it took off from Ahmedabad airport at 1:39pm on Thursday. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago India urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s after deadly Air India crash kills at least 270 people

India’s aviation minister says government will look at all possible theories of what led to the crash

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39 h. ago British Air India disaster survivor's first words to his father after he survived the crash are revealed as more bodies are recovered and death toll rises to 279

The first words the sole survivor of the devastating Air India flight said to his father after his brother was killed on the Gatwick-bound aircraft has been revealed. 

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39 h. ago Air India crash latest: Death toll rises to 270 as grieving families wait for bodies of loved ones

Grieving family members wait outside Ahmedabad hospital to collect bodies of loved ones killed in the Gatwick-bound flight disaster

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40 h. 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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41 h. ago At least 270 people killed in Air India crash as search teams find more bodies

Search and recovery teams continue to search site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for third day

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48 h. ago Expert details Air India pilot's chillingly simple mistake which 'led to horror crash'

Air India flight AI171 crashed on Thursday - killing all but one of the 242 people onboard - and friends and relatives assistance centres have been created at London Gatwick and other airports

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51 h. ago Expert's theory on terrifyingly simple mistake he thinks Air India co

Commercial airline pilot and YouTuber Captain Steve, who analyzes plane crashes and close calls, gave his theory on the incident which killed 241 people on board.

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54 h. ago Couple killed in Air India plane crash lost pilot son in earlier aviation tragedy

Prayers were held at Hindu temples across north-west London on Thursday evening following the Air India crash in Ahmedabad as the Gujarati community in the capital had been hit "especially hard"

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57 h. ago Couple killed in Air India crash had already lost pilot son in earlier tragedy

A temple leader who knew 20 victims of the tragedy says the community wants answers from the airline.

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58 h. ago First pictures of Air India crash pilots who issued desperate mayday call before disaster

Air India flight AI171 crashed just seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport in India with 241 people on board

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58 h. ago Air India captain's dad reveals tragic promise son made a week before plane crash

The father of captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was the main pilot on the doomed Air India Flight 171, revealed the promise his son made to him just a week before the deadly crash

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61 h. ago ‘She said she’d return’: Final moments of pilots and crew who went down with doomed Air India flight

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal issued desperate mayday call as plane lost power shortly after leaving runway

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64 h. ago Air India plane crash death toll rises as 'at least 8' people killed on ground

All but one of the 242 people on board the London-bound flight died as it crashed in west India

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