One passenger walked out alive from the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, videos show, though there’s no official confirmation. It wouldn’t be the first time someone beat all odds.
The AI Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, en route to London Gatwick Airport, crashed shortly after its take-off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad.
Abdur Rahman Edakkauni, a survivor of the 2020 Air India plane crash, has advice for Ahmedabad victims. "It’ll be a long road, but you must stand with each other."
Anagha AR, a senior resident at the hospital, was in a building few blocks away when Air India flight 171 crashed into the BJMC hostel. Around 40 students have been injured.
CAPA - Centre for Aviation says it expects Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau to launch, conclude ‘comprehensive probe to determine root cause(s) of this accident’.
In 1965, Balwantrai Mehta's jet was shot down during India-Pakistan war. Other politicians to perish in air crashes include Madhavrao Scindia, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy & Dorjee Khandu.
‘In India, the ground staff does just one round of checks at base, while in Dubai, three to four rounds of checks take place for each aircraft,' said a flight technician who has worked in both countries.
The reason that India hasn’t grown at the speed of South Korea, China or Vietnam is because the machinery of the government still holds on to the ‘commanding heights’.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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