10 h. ago Would cockpit video recorders help plane crash investigators? Experts are divided

The deadly Air India crash has reignited a decades-old debate in the aviation industry

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13 h. ago Boeing flight is forced to turn back so fuel switches can be checked as Air India crash investigation stokes safety fears

A Boeing jet bound for India was forced to turn back to get its fuel control switches checked as investigations into the Air India tragedy continue.

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30 h. ago Boeing flight diverted to check fuel switches amid Air India crash investigation

Etihad Airways ordered engineering work on its 787 fleet on Sunday

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33 h. ago Tata’s Air India crash aftermath in numbers, from record insurance claim to flight cancellations

Total liability of over £350m is expected to make the Tata-owned airline’s Ahmedabad disaster the most expensive aviation insurance claim in India’s history

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33 h. ago Inspections ordered on Boeing planes after Air India crash report

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was heading for Gatwick when it crashed shortly after take-off

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36 h. 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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36 h. ago Air India crash: Five unanswered questions in wake of 'murky' report

Crash investigators, fresh from combing through the wreckage of Air India Flight AI171, have released a short, 15-page report clarifying the facts around the disaster

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38 h. ago More airlines asked to check fuel switches on Boeing jets after Ahmedabad crash

India’s aviation regulator sets 21 July deadline for airlines to run safety checks

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41 h. 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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45 h. 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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55 h. ago Indian regulator orders airlines to check Boeing fuel switches after plane crash report

Air India cautions investigation into Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash is in early stages as speculation about cause growsIndia’s aviation regulator has ordered the country’s airlines to examine fuel switches on Boeing aircraft, after a preliminary report on the Air India flight 171 crash in June showed the fuel supply had been cut seconds after takeoff.The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said it had issued the order after several domestic and international airlines began making their own inspections of the locking mechanisms attached to the switches. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Air India crash mystery in full from medical record probe to chilling fuel theory

A preliminary report into the tragic Air India 171 crash that killed 260 people has sparked fury from grieving families and pilots alike, as it raises more questions than it does answers

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55 h. ago ‘Murky’ Air India crash report deepens uncertainty for owner Tata

Preliminary findings spark debate over actions of pilots ahead of loss of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that killed 260 people

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56 h. ago Air India crash latest: Aviation authority say fuel switches were safe after row grows over pilots’ role

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

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60 h. ago Air India CEO says pilots ‘passed’ tests as criticism mounts over probe report

Campbell Wilson says in internal memo investigation ‘far from over’

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62 h. ago Air India crash latest: No mechanical or maintenance faults found in plane, says airline CEO

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

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63 h. ago Air India crash pilot's medical records examined amid 'mental health issues' as probe into tragedy continues

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was among the 260 victims of Ahmedabad disaster, reportedly considered leaving the airline to look after his elderly father

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64 h. ago Did 'depressed' Air India pilot deliberately crash plane killing 260 people because his mother died?

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal was piloting the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it plummeted into a residential area, killing 241 people on board and 19 on the ground.

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64 h. ago Air India pilot's medical records probed after horror crash that killed 191

The medical records of one of the pilots of the doomed Air India plane that crashed minutes after take off are being examined after it was claimed he had suffered from poor mental health

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64 h. ago Air India crash latest: Boeing defends fuel switch safety amid concerns by victims’ families over ‘vague’ report

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

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