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.
In the wake of the recent Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, aviation safety watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched a comprehensive special audit initiative to proactively identify systemic vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience across India's aviation sector.
In its order issued to Air India to remove three senior officials responsible for “serious and repeated lapses” in crew scheduling, the DGCA has categorically mentioned “systemic failures in crew scheduling, compliance monitoring, and internal accountability” at the airline.
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Superintendent Rakesh Joshi on Friday said that 231 DNA samples have been matched, and the mortal remains of 210 deceased in the Air India AI-171 plane crash have been handed over to their respective families.
The Aviation Industry Employees’ Guild (AIEG) on Friday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the dismissal of two Air India cabin crew members, who had reported a technical fault in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft last year.
Four International flights cancelled are AI906 -- from Dubai to Chennai, AI308 -- from Delhi to Melbourne, AI309 -- from Melbourne to Delhi and AI2204 -- from Dubai to Hyderabad.
