After the Headlines
A year after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, attention is once again turning to what caused one of India's worst aviation disasters.
A year after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, attention is once again turning to what caused one of India's worst aviation disasters.
The dispute centres on sweeping indemnity clauses that could shield multiple entities, not just the airline, from future legal claims.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Thursday categorically rejected Italian media reports suggesting that the investigation into the Air…
A Bench of Chief Justice-designate Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice on the plea, even as the Solicitor General attempted to allay concerns that the investigation was attributing fault to the deceased pilot.
SC issues notices to DGCA, Centre on a plea seeking indepedent and fair probe into the June 12 Air India crash in Ahemedabad , pulling up the AAIB over it preliminary report on the the crash that indicated pilots' faults for crash, terming it 'irresponsible'.
The tragic Air India plane crash resulted in the death of 260 individuals, including 229 passengers, 12 crew members, and 19 people on the ground in Ahmedabad on June 12.
Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on Saturday said that the Civil Aviation Ministry is reviewing the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) report on the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad.
The AAIB’s report revealed that both fuel control switches supplying fuel to the engines of Air India Flight 171 were turned off in quick succession, leading to the shutdown of both engines.
The 15-page preliminary investigation report, which reveals the likely cause behind the crash, has prompted emotional reactions from the relatives of those who died in the June 12 crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
“There’s so much unrest in the world,” she shared in the post. “Every flight feels heavier now, not just because of the skies, but because of the headlines we carry with us.”
