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TopicAhmedabad Air India crash

Topic: Ahmedabad Air India crash

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.

Morarji Desai survived a plane crash in Assam. The site later hosted Magh Bihu, memorial rides

On a moonless November night in Assam, the Russian manufactured Tupolev Tu-124K V643, also known as Pushpak, landed about four kilometres off the Jorhat airport, killing five crew members. Morarji Desai was among the passengers who survived.

Rupani’s death reopens old chapter—wartime shootdown of another Gujarat CM & Pakistani pilot’s apology

Balwantrai Mehta remains the 1st & only Indian politician to have been killed in wartime action in the subcontinent. Incident unfolded during a particularly volatile phase of 1965 war.

On Camera

With Param Sundari, the North-South divide is back

Bollywood has clearly not learned anything from its past mistakes. The habit of stereotyping South Indians claims its latest victim in Param Sundari — the Malayalis.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.