2 w. ago Air India faces turbulence as plane crash prompts deeper checks and disruptions

NEW DELHI (AP) — Air India is facing fresh turbulence following last week’s fatal crash as additional safety inspections on its Dreamliner fleet have led to flight delays, cancellations and growing passenger anxiety. India’s aviation safety regulator ordered deeper checks on Boeing 787 aircrafts operated by the airline soon after its London-bound flight crashed during […]

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2 w. ago Air India crash investigators study black boxes to find cause

The black boxes will provide cockpit conversations and data related to the plane's engine and control settings to investigators and help them in determining the cause of the crash.

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3 w. ago Air India crash: What are next steps as probe looks for ‘full picture’?

Investigators will look at witness interviews, airport conditions and the airplane itself in trying to determine the cause of the Air India plane crash.

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3 w. ago Air India’s sole survivor recalls crash: ‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’

'When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran,' survivor Viswash Kumar Ramesh said after escaping the crash.

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3 w. ago What to know about the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground. Indian authorities said Friday the investigation into the crash was underway, which is expected to include experts from the plane’s maker Boeing and U.S. aviation regulators. […]

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3 w. ago Indian authorities begin probe of Air India plane crash as Modi visits the site

NEW DEHI (AP) — Authorities began investigating one of India’s worst aviation disasters after an Air India plane crashed a day earlier that killed all but one of the 242 passengers and crew onboard, officials said Friday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site. The Indian government has launched an investigation into the […]

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3 w. ago Authorities investigate one of India’s worst aviation disasters as Modi visits the site

NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities are investigating one of India’s worst aviation disasters a day after an Air India plane crashed, killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew onboard, officials said Friday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site. The Indian government has launched an investigation into the fatal crash […]

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3 w. ago Investigators search the Air India crash site for evidence and more victims

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Investigators searched the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the lone surviving passenger Friday a day after an Air India plane split apart and fell from the sky, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground. The London-bound Boeing […]

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3 w. ago Only this man walked away from fiery Air India plane crash: ‘I have no idea how I exited the plane’

'When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me,' he said

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3 w. ago Passenger films TVs, A/C not working on doomed Air India flight

An Air India passenger shared stunning video of the doomed plane’s TV monitors and air conditioning not working one trip before it crashed on the next flight shortly after takeoff Thursday. There was one survivor of the Ahmedabad crash as at least 240 people died aboard the Boeing aircraft that departed for London Gatwick Airport […]

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3 w. ago Air India crash involved a Boeing Dreamliner. What’s the safety record?

The Air India plane crash was the first such incident for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, but air industry experts say they're not concerned due to the safety standards of the aircraft.

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3 w. ago Boeing’s troubled era has dimmed the prospects of a preeminent American manufacturer

A London-bound Air India plane carrying more than 240 people crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday. Authorities said there were no known survivors. It was not immediately clear why Air India flight 171, a Boeing 787-8, crashed into a residential area five minutes after taking off. Boeing said it was aware of the reports of the […]

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3 w. ago Air India flight to London crashes with 240, including Canadian, on board

An Air India passenger plane with more than 240 people on board, including one Canadian, crashed in India's city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashes into a ‘doctors’ hostel’

Passengers include 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, 1 Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals

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3 w. ago ‘No survivors’ as Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashes five minutes after take

Passengers include 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, 1 Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals

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3 w. ago Air India: Charred bodies on the ground as plane carrying 242 passengers crashes, no survivors

Passengers include 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, 1 Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals

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3 w. ago Canadian on Air India flight that crashed with 242 onboard. One reportedly survived the crash

'Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,' British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh told Hindustan Times

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3 w. ago Identity of Canadian woman on Air India flight that crashed with 242 onboard revealed

'That was my wife,' the husband reportedly told Canadian Press. 'I am not in a state to speak right now'

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