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Tata Sons chairman addresses Air India employees after fatal plane crash, urging resilience and a commitment to safety improvements following the heartbreaking accident.
Based on images of the Air India crash that killed over 200 people in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, experts predicted a difficult recovery and investigation operation exacerbated by the risks of unstable structures and gas leaks.
LONDON and DELHI -- An Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members en route to the United Kingdom crashed into a building shortly after takeoff on Thursday, leaving 246 dead and at least one surviving passenger, local officials and the airline said.
Since the fatal June 12 crash of Air India Flight 171, terms like RAT, CVR, and Mayday have filled coverage about the air crash. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner went down seconds after take-off, a rare and catastrophic failure.
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India Air pilot Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 55, has been lauded for his quick-thinking actions which likely stopped dozens more people being killed when his Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed
Following the Air India AI 171 plane crash, authorities handed over the remains of 38 victims to their families by Sunday evening, including passenger
PK Mishra chaired a high-level review meeting at the Circuit House, where he held discussions with senior officials from the Central and state governments, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB),