A meeting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, where top officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry, including the Civil Aviation Secretary and DGCA, are expected to appear, with the recent Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad, likely to be discussed alo
The controversy surfaced following reports that some of the bereaved families were being compelled to disclose financial ties to their deceased loved ones--allegedly as a prerequisite for receiving compensation.
On Friday, AISATS released a statement that said, "At AISATS, we stand in solidarity with the families affected by the tragic loss of AI 171 and deeply regret the lapse in judgment reflected in a recent internal video. The behaviour does not align with our values, and firm disciplinary actio
Almost a week after the deadly Air India crash that took place in Ahmedabad, DNA samples of 220 victims had been matched with their families and 202 mortals had been released, announced Gujarat Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Rushikesh Patel on Friday.
Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson on Thursday said that the flight AI 171, which crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad on June 12, was "well-maintained" and both the aircraft and its engines were regularly monitored, showing no issue before the flight.
On June 12, a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into a hostel complex of BJ Medical College in the Meghani Nagar area of Gujarat's Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The tragedy claimed 241 lives out of 242 onboard, inclu
He also stated that the administration had been trying its best and would call on families to collect the remains as soon as the reports of the DNA samples came.
In a post on social media X, Patel wrote "UPDATED UP TO :- 19/06/2025, 8:30 a.m. NO. OF DNA MATCH - 210 NO. OF RELATIVES CONTACTED- 210 NO. OF MORTAL RELEASED- 187 Remaining Mortal remains will be handed over soon."
In his post on social media, Minister Patel wrote that the DNA matches of the deceased couple, who had been settled in the United Kingdom since 1978, were identified side by side.
The mortal remains of Maithili Patil, a crew member on the ill-fated Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad, were brought to her residence in Nhave village, Raigad.
Earlier today, a Boeing team and officials of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) arrived in Ahmedabad to inspect the site of the Air India plane crash.