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.
Air India on Friday confirmed that 241 people lost their lives in yesterday's crash of the ill-fated AI171 aircraft, which was en route to London from Ahmedabad, while one person survived.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Friday expressed “deep sadness” over the tragic Air India flight crash from Ahmedabad to London, which claimed the lives of 265 people.
Air India on Friday announced flight diversions and returns for several international routes due to airspace closures over the escalation in regional tensions between Iran and Israel.
Kelly Ortberg, Boeing President and CEO, said on Thursday that he has spoken with Air India Chairman N. Chandrasekaran to offer their full support, and a Boeing team stands ready to support the investigation into the fatal air crash.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday termed the Air India flight AI-171 crash near Ahmedabad airport as a terrible one and one of the worst in the history of aviation, adding that the US is ready to provide any assistance in this hour of crisis.
