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NSG, NDRF, FSL, AAIB and DGCA teams investigate Air India aircraft
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Teams of National Security Guard (NSG), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Air Force, Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Fire rescue forces, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) ON Satu
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"Thought it was an earthquake": Eyewitness describes panic at Air India pl
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Mohan Bahadur Kshatriya, an eyewitness to the deadly Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, on Saturday, described scenes of chaos as he helped rescue survivors from the wreckage. Living just 500 meters from the crash site, Kshatriya told ANI that he first mistook the explosion for an earthq
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Charred vehicles, lost caretakers: NGO aids shock-stricken animals after A
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Following the tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad, local NGO Darshana Animal Welfare sprang into action to rescue injured and traumatised animals in the area. Founder Akash Chavda told ANI that 6-7 dogs and over 50 birds perished in the blaze following the crash, while his team managed to save 3
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Five dead after crash of AI 171 in doctor's hostel, over 45 rescued: Gujar
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
"More than 100 doctors have reached the hospital campus to support the government. Unfortunately, we have lost four medical students and a doctor's wife. But fortunately, we have saved more than 45 medical students in the hostel area."
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Gujarat government carries out swift, coordinated, comprehensive rescue an
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
In the tragic accident involving an Air India flight en route from Ahmedabad to London, the Gujarat Government swiftly undertook rescue and relief operations and ensured that the injured were immediately transported to hospitals for treatment with utmost urgency.
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Indian Navy evacuates critically ill sailor from Singapore-flagged oil tan
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Indian Navy successfully airlifted a 41-year-old Indian seafarer from the Singapore-flagged oil tanker Eagle Veracruz in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, after receiving an emergency alert.
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"Whoever we rescued was alive, but 2 people died...": Local recalls rescui
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A local who resides near the AI-171 crash site said that the locals rescued injured students from the BJ Medical College. He added that people were alive when they rescued them, but two died on their way to the hospital.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs meeting on Ahmedabad plane crash
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
During this meeting, the Civil Aviation Department, DGCA, Health Department, Police Administration, and the Relief Commissioner provided the Union Home Minister with complete information regarding the entire sequence of events of the flight accident, rescue and relief operations, and health-
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at Ahmedabad plane crash site
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The London-bound flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 people, including 12 crew members, crashed shortly after it took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport this afternoon, and rammed into a doctors' hostel in the Meghani Nagar area in Ahmedabad.
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Himachal Pradesh: ATOA joins rescue efforts for missing Israeli-American t
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to a statement, ATOA had received an urgent request from the Israeli Rescue Team on the night of June 10, seeking support in the challenging high-altitude rescue mission. Promptly, a team of three trained and experienced mountain rescuers from Manali, led by Ramesh Kumar, President
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"A devastating human tragedy": VP Dhankhar expresses solidarity with victi
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 people, including 12 crew members, crashed shortly after it took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday afternoon. The aircraft reportedly crashed into a doctors' hostel near the airport perimeter.
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"Fire, clouds of smoke, debris all around," eyewitness recalls Gujarat pla
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
An eyewitness on the ground recounted the horror of the Gujarat plane crash and said that he saw fire, clouds of smoke and debris scattered all around.
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