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.
Headed to London's Gatwick Airport, the Boeing plane took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.38 pm and crashed seconds later.
‘The area near the BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital, where the plane crashed, is relatively empty,’ Air Force Wing Commander Satyam Kushwaha (retired), told ThePrint.
Unlike modern aircraft with their sophisticated systems and computer-mediated controls, the MiG-21 was pure aviation. The connection between the pilot and the machine was magical.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
In a chat with ThePrint newsroom, French Ambassador Thierry Mathou indicated talks are on between French firm Safran & Indian govt for joint design & manufacture of AMCA engine.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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