15 h. ago Air India plane crash: Junior pilot asked captain why he turned off fuel switches

Preliminary report shows two fuel switches in the cockpit were moved to a cut-off position, causing the plane to lose lift and crash 32 seconds after takeoff

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42 h. ago Colby Cosh: Cause of Air India Flight 171 crash a mystery of extraordinary urgency

The fuel cutoff switches in Boeing 787s are located far from the ordinary flight controls and must be engaged independently

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43 h. ago Strong Argument for Cameras in Jet Crash Probes, IATA Chief Says

The installation of cockpit cameras would greatly help aviation safety authorities investigating accidents like the recent fatal Air India crash, according to the head of the International Air Transport Association.

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48 h. ago INFOGRAPHIE | Catastrophe d'Air India: sur la piste des boutons de carburant

Un rapport d'enquête préliminaire note que les boutons de carburant des deux moteurs étaient sur CUTOFF.

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55 h. ago Florida residents stop dinner, grab tools to rescue 4 people in plane crash

Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree in yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. “It was nothing short of heroic,” Angelo Castillo, the mayor of Pembroke Pines in Broward County, said Tuesday. But […]

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3 d. ago 4 people were killed in a small plane crash at London Southend airport

LONDON (AP) — All four people aboard a a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead, police said Monday. Essex Police said that work is continuing to formally identify the victims of Sunday’s crash, none of whom are British. The Beechcraft B200 Super King Air operated by Dutch […]

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3 d. ago Pilot groups reject claims of human error in Air India crash

New Delhi (AFP) — Two major commercial pilots’ associations have rejected claims human error caused an Air India crash that killed 260 people after a preliminary investigation report found the plane’s engine fuel switches had been turned off. The report, issued Saturday by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), did not offer any conclusions or […]

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5 d. ago Investigation into Air India plane finds fuel was cut off moments before crash

India’s civil aviation minister, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, said the report’s findings were preliminary and one should not 'jump into any conclusions on this.'

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8 d. ago One of two student pilots killed in Manitoba crash was from India: consulate office

One of two student pilots killed in a mid-air crash south of Steinbach, Man., has been identified as a man from India.

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2 w. ago Locals leap in to help after series of mishaps strands small plane in Courtenay estuary

A small plane made an emergency landing in the Courtenay estuary, then crashed agian as it tried to take off. That's when locals raced to help move it before the tide came in.

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2 w. ago D'oh Canada: Plane takeoff goes very wrong on Vancouver Island beach on Canada Day

Bystanders helped push the plane across the muddy beach to shore, where it was lifted out by helicopter on Wednesday

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2 w. ago Garuda in Talks to Bring 737 Max Back Years After Fatal Crashes

Cash-strapped carrier PT Garuda Indonesia is in talks to bring Boeing Co.’s 737 Max 8 aircraft back to its fleet for the first time since the fatal 2018 PT Lion Mentari Airlines crash shook confidence in the plane’s reliability.

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2 w. ago Écrasement d'un Boeing d'Air India: même l'hypothèse d'un sabotage est envisagée

«Tous les angles sont examinés» a déclaré le ministre délégué en charge de l'aviation civile.

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3 w. ago Plusieurs passagers aux prises de malaises à bord d’un vol d’Air India

Plusieurs personnes sont tombées malades sur un vol d'Air India reliant Londres à Mumbai, déclarant avoir eu des vertiges et des nausées.

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3 w. ago Investigators begin analyzing data from black boxes of Air India flight that crashed

NEW DELHI (AP) — Investigators have begun analyzing data extracted from the black boxes of the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed about two weeks ago, killing at least 270 people, India’s civil aviation ministry said on Thursday. The data is crucial as it will help shed light on the cause of the […]

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3 w. ago TSB report on fatal 2023 B.C. plane crash points to low speed as factor

The report says dashcam video from a passing vehicle and the post-accident wreckage examination is consistent with the aircraft entering a "minimum control speed" roll before the crash.

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3 w. ago Terry Glavin: Air India terrorist attack was Canada’s worst failure in history

Ottawa ignored intelligence and bungled the investigation and prosecution

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3 w. ago Air India bombing first responders recall the horrors of June 23, 1985

Even 40 years after the Air India bombing, the horror of being handed a dead baby pulled from the sea is seared in Mark Stagg's memory

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3 w. ago ‘Never got closure,’ says woman 40 years after father died in Air India 1985 bombing

Forty years after the bombing of Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985, there still is no closure for some who lost their family members in Canada’s deadliest terrorist attack. “The grief is still very much alive,” said Neelam Kaushick on Monday during a noon-hour ceremony on the south lawn at Queen’s Park in […]

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3 w. ago 40 years ago, Susheel Gupta’s mother was killed in the Air India bombing

Air India Flight 182 was blown up over the Atlantic Ocean on 23 June 1985, killing all 329 passengers and crew, most of whom were Canadian citizens.

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