Patience First
The temptation to settle on a convenient explanation after a major aviation disaster is understandable.
The temptation to settle on a convenient explanation after a major aviation disaster is understandable.
According to the airline's statement, flight AI479 "marginally infringed" into Pakistani airspace, which remains closed for Indian airlines.
An Air India Airbus A321 operating between Delhi and Amritsar briefly entered Pakistani airspace after a navigation system snag. The aircraft returned safely to Indian airspace following an alert from Pakistani ATC and later landed in Amritsar after a diversion to Delhi.
One year after one of the worst aviation disasters in Indian history, the most unsettling reality is not that the final answer remains elusive. It is that, in the absence of definitive findings, competing certainties have rushed in to fill the void.
The plane took off. It never landed. 260 people left the ground that afternoon, only one came back. Milan Sharma lost his sister. Now he is making sure no one forgets.
An Air India Hong Kong flight's auxiliary power unit caught fire after landing at Delhi airport on Tuesday afternoon but all passengers and crew members are safe, an airline spokesperson said.
Tata Sons, which owns and operates Air India, on Friday completed the registration of a public charitable trust worth Rs 500 crore, dedicated to the victims of the Air India flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 that killed 260 people.
From September, after a gap of almost five years, Kolkata to Kathmandu direct flight services will start.
The tragedy of Air India flight 171 has, in its aftermath, thrown up far more questions than answers.
Air India CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson on Monday said that the preliminary investigation report into the Air India AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad has found no mechanical or maintenance issues with the aircraft or engines, and that all mandatory maintenance tasks had been completed.
