Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta told the apex court that victims of the crash include foreign nationals & which requires the investigation to be handled per the international regime.
Top court also issued notices to Centre, DGCA on plea filed by father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal seeking a fair, transparent, and technically sound probe into AI-171 crash.
The common thread in ThePrint's reporting—from the ground and Delhi—is the effort to stick to verified facts and clearly attributed views. Anything else could be misleading.
At least 52 passengers on board the aircraft were British citizens. Daily Mail report says UK has instituted a ‘top level inquiry’ after families receive misidentified remains.
The aircraft taxied safely to the gate, and no injuries were reported among passengers or crew while landing at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Monday morning.
Pilot associations in India and abroad have justifiably objected to how the report was spun. But not enough have asked: shouldn’t action be taken against those who leaked it?
South Korea said it will order a similar measure. Fuel switch locks have come under scrutiny following last month's crash of an Air India jet, which killed 260 people.
It is far too early, indeed malicious, to blame the pilots of Air India flight. Let the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau do its work. The government must ensure zero interference.
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's preliminary report on the crash breaks down the events of the day, from checks & engine shutdowns to failed recovery attempts.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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