77 m. 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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2 h. ago UK student missed doomed Air India flight by minutes: ‘It’s a miracle’

The 28-year-old who lives in Bristol said she felt ‘totally numb’ after finding out the flight had crashed, killing 241 people

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2 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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3 h. ago Why did the Air India flight crash? Here’s how experts will investigate the 30

Speculation is rife about the causes of the disaster, as experts begin to piece together how flight AI171 crash unfolded

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4 h. ago Air India plane crash latest: British investigators arrive to help find cause of disaster as death toll updated

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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12 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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14 h. ago Jamie Laing's moving tribute as This Morning star pal dies on Air India flight

Former Made In Chelsea star Jamie Laing paid tribute to Fiongal Greenlaw, who was on the ill-fated Air India flight

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16 h. ago Two children orphaned as dad dies in Air India crash after scattering mum's ashes

Father-of-two Arjun Patolia was returning to London after scattering his late wife’s ashes. He was tragically confirmed among the 241 victims of the doomed Air India Flight 171.

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17 h. ago Full list of horror plane crashes in 2025 that have claimed the lives of 383 passengers

The latest fatal incident saw an Air India flight bound for London Gatwick crash shortly after take-off on June 12.

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17 h. ago 'I was meant to be on fatal Air India flight. Heavy traffic saved my life'

Bhoomi Chauhan said she felt 'numb' after hearing about the crash, which claimed the lives of hundreds of people

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18 h. ago The heartbreaking final selfie of British family moments before they boarded doomed Air India flight

Sayedmiya Inayatali, 48, had been visiting his 90-year-old mother in India with his wife, Nafisabanu, 46, and their children, Waqueeali, 25, and Taskin, 22.

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18 h. ago Do 'miracle seats' whose occupants can survive a plane crash exist? Experts reveal all after Air India's sole survivor escaped from 11A

A British man sitting in seat 11A survived the fatal Air India Flight 171 to the awes of the world as many said it was an un-survivable flight. Now, experts reveal if miracle seats actually exist.

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18 h. ago Two children orphaned after Air India plane crash kills dad scattering mum's ashes

Father-of-two Arjun Patolia was on his way back to London after scattering the ashes of his late wife - but was tragically confirmed as one of the 241 victims who perished on the doomed Air India flight 171

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19 h. ago Air India crash survivor’s family have received ‘no support’ in desperate bid to see relative

The family of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, claim they have received “no support” from the governments of the UK or India as they try to fly out to see their relative “as soon as possible”.

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19 h. ago What went wrong on doomed Air India flight? ELENA SALVONI presents theories surrounding the tragic crash

What went wrong on doomed Air India flight? ELENA SALVONI presents theories surrounding the tragic crash

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19 h. ago Harrowing tales behind Air India plane crash include 'surprise trip' and wife's final wish

The harrowing tales behind doomed Air India flight 171 saw happiness wiped out in an instant - 241 of the 242 people on board tragically died

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21 h. ago Air India crash: British survivor recounts watching people 'dying in front of my eyes'

All, but one of the 242 people on the London-bound Air India flight died when the plane crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off on Thursday.

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21 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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22 h. ago Survivor's claim that lights on Air India flight 'started flickering' could solve mystery of plane crash that killed 242 people, claim aviation experts

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, from Leicester, has also described feeling like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was 'stuck in the air' and was 'gliding' rather than climbing after take off.

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22 h. ago McFly's Tom Fletcher forced to apologise for unfortunate post after Air India crash

McFly star Tom Fletcher has issued an apology after he shared a post about planes on social media the day an Air India flight crashed in Ahmedabad, killing hundreds

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