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TopicAhmedabad Air India crash

Topic: Ahmedabad Air India crash

Air India crash: Inside Ahmedabad hospital morgue, bodies await DNA ID as doctors race against heat, time

All of Ahmedabad’s morgues combined don’t have enough space to store the bodies, it is learnt. Cold storage is available only at a few hospitals, and in limited capacity.

Civil Aviation Ministry announces dual probe into Air India crash—one technical & another more ‘holistic’

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu has said surveillance of India’s Boeing 787 fleet has begun & Air India has been directed to expedite disbursal of insurance.

270 bodies recovered so far from Air India crash site, 4 BJ Medical College students among those dead

In a statement, Junior Doctors’ Association of the college added that 4 family members of super speciality doctors, who were staying in adjacent ‘Atulyam’ building, also died.

Many questions for Air India, Boeing in Ahmedabad plane crash. A survivor, black box and safety

Experts have floated multiple theories behind the crash, including a rarest of rare double-engine failure, complete electrical failure, bird hits, and the soaring temperatures of Ahmedabad.

The crash, the rescue & aftermath—Inside the first 36 hours at ground zero of Air India crash

The Air India flight took off by 1.38 pm Thursday & had crashed by 1.40 pm. Airport’s own fire dept responded immediately & 1st 2 fire engines of Ahmedabad civic body reached by 1.43 pm.

What could have gone wrong? A pilot & an ex-crew member reflect on AI 171 crash & rules of takeoff

At 1.39 pm Thursday, the London-bound AI flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed in Ahmedabad, claiming 241 lives on board the flight. Only 1 escaped.

Modest beginnings, big dreams—life stories of the crew members of Air India flight 171

Just a few days ago, Capt Sumeet Sabharwal told his father he would quit his job and take care of him full-time. Roshni Songhare, a resident of Dombivali, visited her hometown 2 days ago.

DGCA enhances safety inspections of Air India’s Boeing Dreamliner fleet

New Delhi: The DGCA has ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India’s Boeing 787-8/9 aircraft in the aftermath of Thursday’s crash that killed 241...

This Air India crash eyewitness cheated death by a whisker—’a blast, then a fireball, just 200 m away’

Meghaninagar resident Krish Patani is still in shock. Had the plane crashed in main residential area, many more lives would have been lost, he says.

‘Mayday’: History of the globally recognised distress signal, Air India 171’s final communication

On Thursday, Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AI171) bound for Gatwick, London, from Ahmedabad, crashed into BJ Medical College soon after takeoff.

On Camera

Fauja Singh’s death shows Indian roads remain a national emergency—474 lives lost every day

Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

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.