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Friday, October 3, 2025
TopicAir India

Topic: Air India

Chennai-bound British Airways plane returns to London due to technical snag

The Boeing Dreamliner landed safely with crew and passengers disembarking as they normally would, British Airways said in a statement.

3 days after Air India crash, ex-CM Vijay Rupani’s DNA matched, body to be handed over to family today

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel personally visited the Gandhinagar residence of former CM Rupani to meet his family. Rupani was among 241 victims on the London-bound flight.

32 DNA samples matched, 14 bodies handed over to families of Air India crash victims

Process of handing over bodies after DNA testing started Saturday. Civil Hospital Ahmedabad has also ordered coffins in bulk, which have begun arriving in batches at its mortuary complex.

Post Air India crash, Vadodara coffin maker races to deliver 100. Last bulk order was after Bhuj earthquake

In a church hall, Nelvin’s family & others from Christian community he's a part of, are working day and night to finish Air India’s order so the coffins can reach Civil Hospital Ahmedabad.

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.

Dream home left unfinished after Kerala nurse, sole breadwinner with 2 kids, dies in Air India crash

Ranjitha G Nair, 39, from Pullad village was returning to London after a short visit home. She worked as a nurse in Qatar for several years before securing a job in UK 7 months ago.

She was all set to fly to London on Air India flight 171. A traffic jam saved her life

Bhoomi Chauhan heard about the crash just as she was exiting the airport building, having been turned away from the check-in counter for a 10-min delay.

Car accident last yr, plane crash now—how fate caught up with 24-yr-old student who was on Air India 171

One of the victims of the crash was London resident and hotel management student Kinal Patel, who was in India for treatment following car accident in which she had escaped with broken jaw.

Medical college’s exam hall turns into DNA sampling centre. For victims’ kin, it’s the longest test yet

Family members were at the hospital to give their blood for DNA samples, so that the victims could be identified and they could claim the bodies of their loved ones.

Charred remains to make DNA matching in Air India crash challenging, says forensic university in Gujarat

National Forensic Sciences University has collected 200 DNA samples from family members of deceased & bodies on the ground.

On Camera

Why Modi’s supporters fear ‘proud Hindu’ MK Gandhi and venerate his murderer Godse

Every Gandhi Jayanti, we witness a contradiction in Hindutva position — PM Modi hails ‘beloved Bapu’ while his supporters attack and abuse him.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.