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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicAirplane crash

Topic: Airplane crash

Vijay Rupani killed in Air India crash, 2nd Gujarat CM lost to an aviation tragedy

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.

‘Saw huge blast, sky still black.’ Eyewitness on Air India flight crashing into civil hospital hostel

The eyewitness, whose house is near crash site in Ahmedabad, says plane touched one building and then the other. ‘Scenes are tragic here.’

Ahmedabad Air India plane crash: Many feared dead, bodies being retrieved

Ahmedabad Air India plane crash: Many feared dead, bodies being retrieved

‘Personally monitoring the situation’ — Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on flight crash

'Personally monitoring the situation' — Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on flight crash

‘With profound sorrow, I confirm tragic accident involving Flight 171,’ says Air India chairman

'With profound sorrow, I confirm tragic accident involving Flight 171,' says Air India chairman

Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that first took flight in 2013

According to Flightradar24, initial data shows aircraft reached maximum barometric altitude of 625 ft (airport altitude is about 200 ft) & then started to descend at -475 ft per minute

Air India plane crashes near Ahmedabad airport, emergency responders at site

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the Gujarat Chief Minister, Home Minister and the Police Commissioner regarding the plane crash.

55 of 67 victims identified in Washington helicopter-plane collision, recovery efforts underway

On Monday, the Army Corps of Engineers will begin lifting the wreckage from the river, which officials have said could take a week or longer.

Days after Washington flight accident, small medevac plane with 5 passengers crashes in Philadelphia

Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said its aircraft crashed with four crew members, one pediatric medical patient and the patient's escort on board.

US restricts helicopter flights near Reagon airport after Washington crash, ‘black boxes’ recovered

The FAA is restricting most helicopters near the airport, allowing only police, medical, air defence, and presidential transport between the airport and nearby bridges.

On Camera

Tax terror and India’s same-sex couples

Even without entering the debate on marriage equality, India’s laws are already punishing same-sex couples in small and large ways that are rarely discussed.

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.