Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) officials reached Ahmedabad, where the London-bound Air India flight crashed on June 12, claiming 241 lives on board.
Residents of the neighbourhood in Ahmedabad where the Air India plane crashed--resulting in the deaths of all 241 people on board--recounted their horrific experience, saying that at first, it felt like an earthquake or a bomb blast.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu will chair a high-level meeting on air safety on Saturday at 10:30 AM at the Ministry office, two days after an Air India Plane crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, which claimed 241 lives on board.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday expressed its condolences to the bereaved families over the loss of lives in the crash of Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight from Ahmedabad to London, which had 242 passengers and crew members on board.
A father's hope for his daughter to succeed in life through education was crushed after the Ahmedabad plane crash, which killed her along with all others on board except one passenger in Air India's Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Payal Khatik was on her way to pursue an M.Tech course at a college
Bhoomi Chauhan, a resident of Gujarat's Bharuch, narrowly escaped death when she missed Thursday's ill-fated flight which crashed, claiming the lives of 241 people on board the Boeing 787-8.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met the lone survivor of the Air India plane crash at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. The crash, which occurred a day earlier, left 241 dead out of the 242 people on board.
A forensic team reached the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Friday, a day after a London-bound flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 241 people on board, including 12 crew members.
Political leaders across the country expressed shock and deep sorrow over the plane crash in Ahmedabad with 242 people on board, calling the incident "extremely sad and worrying."
AI has set up a dedicated passenger hotline number 1800 5691 444 to provide more information. The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, is currently not operational and all flight operations are temporarily suspended until further notice, the airport said.