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.
Ahead of the merger, Air India said Vistara experience will remain, and the the flights operated with Vistara aircraft will have numbers starting with the prefix 'AI2'. Vistara's planes, crew and service will continue to operate as before.
In addition to this, penalties of Rs 6 lakh and Rs 3 lakh were imposed on the director of operations and the director of training at Air India, respectively.
The flight has been kept in the isolation bay. Passengers are to be evacuated soon, said Thiruvananthapuram Airport officials.
An Air India cabin crew member was allegedly assaulted inside her hotel room in London, the airline has confirmed.
Air India said that all passengers on its flight AI-183 from New Delhi to San Francisco, which was diverted to Krasnoyarsk International Airport (UNKL) in Russia due to a technical glitch, are safe.
