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Electrical malfunction could have led to fuel switch cut off before AI plane crash: Expert
New Delhi: An electrical malfunction could have led to the fuel switches moving to the cut off position without the pilots knowing about it before Air India’s Boeing 787-8 plane crashed last…
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AI171 crew deserves fact-driven investigation, not conjecture, says AI pilots body
Mumbai: Indian Pilots Guild, an association of Air India pilots, on Monday slammed the preliminary report on Boeing 787-8 plane crash on June 12, saying that the crew of AI171 deserves a…
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Pilots’ unions say it’s unfair to blame Air India crew for plane crash
New Delhi: India’s pilot associations have slammed the ‘reckless speculation’ around the Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash at Ahmedabad, as sections of the media have hinted that the pilots are to be…
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Air India plane crash: Preliminary report not enough, says ex-AAIB chief
New Delhi: The preliminary findings into the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash at Ahmedabad are not enough to determine the exact cause of the accident, and investigators should not draw conclusions…
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Sole survivor of Air India plane crash seeks psychiatric help to overcome trauma
Diu: Many would think of him as one of the luckiest persons alive in the world. But for Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the June 12 Air India plane crash,…
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Air India plane crash report: Fuel switch explainer
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary probe report on the fatal Air India plane accident has put the spotlight on the fuel switches of the crashed Boeing 787-8 and…
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One month after Air India plane crash, kin of passengers admit to anxiety
Ahmedabad: Exactly a month after Air India flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London crashed soon after taking off, killing 241 persons onboard and 19 on the ground, kin of several passengers on…
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Air India plane crash report: Fuel switch explainer
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB)preliminary probe report on the fatal Air India plane accident has put the spotlight on the fuel switches of the crashed Boeing 787-8 and the…
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‘I didn’t shut off fuel’: AI pilots left confused mid air before plane crash
New Delhi: A preliminary report has found that the fuel supply to both engines of Air India flight AI171 was cut off within a second of each other, causing confusion in the…
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Air India plane crash: Preliminary report to be made public this week
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted its preliminary report on the Air India plane crash to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and other relevant authorities. This report, based…
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Air India pilot collapses moments before operating Bengaluru-Delhi flight
Mumbai: An Air India pilot collapsed in the cockpit just before he was to operate the airline’s flight from Bengaluru to Delhi on Friday, sources said. Air India confirmed that there was…
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AI Express admits engine maintenance lapse after DGCA rap, says issue resolved
New Delhi: Following a sharp reprimand from India’s aviation regulator DGCA, Air India Express on Friday admitted to an error in replacing engine parts on one of its Airbus A320 aircraft and…
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Chennai-bound Air India flight returns to Mumbai due to ‘burning smell’ in cabin
Mumbai: A Chennai-bound Air India flight was forced to return to Mumbai on Saturday due to a “burning smell” in the cabin. The aircraft, however, landed back safely, Air India said in…
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Air India SATS sacks 4 senior officials amid public outrage over party video
New Delh: Air India SATS (AISATS) has sacked four senior officials after a video of an office party in Gurugram went viral, triggering widespread shock and outrage over the callous attitude of…
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UN aviation body expert to oversee Air India crash inquiry
New Delhi: Indian authorities have decided to accord observer status to UN body ICAO’s expert in the ongoing probe into the fatal Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, a…