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"Pilots did everything right": Captain Umang N Jani on AI 171's crash repo
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"The pilot did everything right. It is part of the training that when engines fail, you attempt to restart them. The report also suggests that the fuel switch is in the run position. This aircraft has an FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) system in place. When you start the engine
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Premature to assume human error: Captain Prashant Dhalla on Air India cras
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"We have studied the startle effect under human factors. This can be a situation where, due to the startle effect, pilots can do things inadvertently. This is one of the possibilities, which might be a theory, that an electrical failure occurred in the aircraft. In that situation, the pilots
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"Commendable job": Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu hails AAIB for prelimina
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Saturday hailed the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) for conducting a "transparent and professional" investigation into the Air India flight AI171 crash.
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"We should not arrive at any conclusion": MoS Civil Aviation on AAIB's pre
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday urged not to draw conclusions based on the preliminary report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on the Air India flight AI171 crash.
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One pilot asked the other about fuel cutoff seconds before crash, says pre
Updated : 8 months ago IST
A preliminary investigation into the Air India flight AI171 crash has revealed that just seconds before the aircraft lost power and went down near Ahmedabad airport, one pilot asked the other why he had cut off fuel to the engines, an action the second pilot reportedly denied, saying, "di
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"Continue to support investigation": Boeing after AAIB releases preliminar
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Saturday said it continues to support the ongoing investigation into the Air India Flight AI171 crash, hours after the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released its preliminary report on the incident that occurred in Ahmedabad.
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AAIB releases preliminary report on deadly Air India AI171 crash in Ahmeda
Updated : 8 months ago IST
India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released the preliminary report into the tragic crash of Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12.
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Shabana Azmi boards Air India flight with Javed Akhtar to reach Wimbledon,
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Star couple Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar on Tuesday boarded an Air India flight to reach Wimbledon and expressed full faith in the "national carrier with the best inflight service in the world".
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Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to discuss Air India AL-171 crash t
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
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
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Air India's Riyadh-Delhi flight diverted to Jaipur due to bad weather
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Air India flight AI 926, operating from Riyadh to Delhi, was diverted to Jaipur International Airport late Sunday night due to adverse weather conditions in the national capital.
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Air India flight delayed after pilot suffers medical emergency before take
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
An Air India flight from Bengaluru to Delhi was delayed in the early hours of Friday after a medical emergency involving one of its pilots. Flight AI2414 was set to depart on schedule, but the rostered pilot fell ill just before takeoff and was immediately taken to a local hospital.
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Air India Delhi-Vienna flight drops 900 feet mid-air, investigation underw
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
An Air India flight en route to Vienna from Delhi experienced a serious mid-air incident on June 14, during which the aircraft suddenly lost altitude by nearly 900 feet, prompting an investigation by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
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