48 m. ago Air India crash updates: Pilot denies cutting fuel as preliminary report finds fuel switches were cut off before plane went down

The London Gatwick-bound Air India flight from Ahmedabad resulted in 241 people on board killed

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4 h. ago Air India crash report updates: Fuel switches were cut off before plane went down, preliminary findings say

The London Gatwick-bound Air India flight from Ahmedabad resulted in 241 people on board killed

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6 h. ago Confusion between pilots in Air India cockpit revealed by preliminary report into crash that killed 241 people on board

A preliminary report by Indian aviation accident investigators released on Friday evening said analysis of the Air India crash showed that pilot error seems the likeliest cause at this stage.

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7 h. ago Air India crash report updates: Preliminary findings say fuel switches were cut off before plane went down

The London Gatwick-bound Air India flight from Ahmedabad resulted in 241 people on board killed

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7 h. ago Air India breaks silence after report suggests pilots may have made fatal error

Air India has spoken out after crash investigators shared a preliminary report into the disaster suggested switches to the engines’ fuel supplies may have been turned off seconds after it left the runway

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7 h. ago Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash, preliminary report says

Some 241 of the 242 people on board the plane were killed when it crashed and struck a medical college in Ahmedabad on June 12.

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8 h. ago Air India flight ‘was doomed’ without sufficient power, says travel expert Simon Calder

After studying the preliminary report on the Air India crash, The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder picks out three elements of the 32-second flight

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8 h. ago Air India plane fuel switched off before crash that killed 260, preliminary report says

Initial findings into the crash involving a London Gatwick-bound flight revealed two vital fuel switches were switched off

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9 h. ago Air India crash report updates: Preliminary findings say fuel switch was cut off before plane went down

The London Gatwick-bound Air India flight from Ahmedabad killed 241 people on board

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9 h. ago Engine fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report finds

Preliminary investigation into accident in Ahmedabad in June also contains details of pilots discussing the switchesA preliminary report by Indian aviation accident investigators said the fatal Air India crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad in June showed the plane engines’ fuel switches shifting from run to cutoff within seconds of each other.The report also contained information about the pilots discussing the switches. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Air India jet plunged 900ft during flight just two days after disaster crash

An Air India plane plunged 900ft during its flight just two days after the disaster crash that killed 241 people onboard and dozens more on the ground, the airline has revealed. 

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1 week 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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3 w. ago It is a miracle, says lone survivor of Air India plane crash

The Air India aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad last week, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

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3 w. ago Air India crash survivor carries brother's coffin at funeral in chilling scenes

The funeral procession in Gujarat, India, was held days after the air disaster that killed 241 people onboard, as well as at least 38 on the ground, on June 12

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3 w. ago British families of Air India crash victims feel ‘utterly abandoned’ by UK government

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

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3 w. ago Families of Air India crash victims facing ‘pain and frustration’ over delays

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

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3 w. ago Family of Air India crash victims say they have been ‘abandoned’

The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

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3 w. ago Second Air India black box is found: Voice recordings will reveal what happened in cockpit before 241 passengers were killed in fireball crash

The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) captures all audio from the cockpit, including pilot conversations, radio transmissions, warning alarms and ambient mechanical sounds.

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3 w. ago Second Air India black box is found: Voice recordings will reveal what happened in cockpit before 241 passengers were killed in fireball crash

The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) captures all audio from the cockpit, including pilot conversations, radio transmissions, warning alarms and ambient mechanical sounds.

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3 w. 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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