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.
The ill-fated AI171 crashed into the hostel mess building of state run B J Medical college while students were having their lunch.
It has been confirmed that a Keralite, Ranjitha Gopakumaran Nair, is among those killed in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
The ill-fated aircraft, registered as VT-ANB, entered into service in December 2013 and is considered relatively young for a wide body jet. It was one of 27 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners in Air India’s fleet.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to social media shortly after the news broke, stating, “Deeply concerned by reports of an Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad.
According to an official statement Air India shared on X, the flight AI171, which was operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed soon after takeoff.
