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New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Senior officials of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) told a parliamentary panel on Wednesday that the preliminary report on the plane crash in Ahmedabad is likely to be placed in the public domain in the next few days, sources said. Parliament's Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture met here on Wednesday with members making queries and seeking clarifications on the issue of safety and aircraft maintenance. The members, sources sa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that it will make public its preliminary report on the Ahmedabad plane crash in a couple of days, sources said. AAIB Director General G V G Yugandhar told the panel that it will upload the report within 30 days of one of the worst aviation disasters in recent decades and the first crash involving a Boeing Dreamliner. Concerns over aviation safety dominated the proceedings of the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will make public this week its preliminary report on the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad in which at least 260 people were killed on June 12, top Bureau officials told a Parliamentary panel on Wednesday. Sources also said that no report has been finalised so far and investigations are underway in one of the worst air disasters in India. The AAIB officials told the panel that the black box and voice recorder of the airc ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Members at a meeting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday expressed concern over air safety and surge in price of air tickets from Srinagar to other cities after the Pahalgam terror attack and sought clarifications from the officials present, sources said. The sources said members mentioned the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, in which over 250 people were killed, and sought clarification on air safety. The sources stated that Air ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel on Tuesday held discussions with senior civil aviation ministry officials as well as airline and airport representatives, with several Parliamentarians mentioning the Air India plane crash and when the probe report will be ready, sources said. The members also raised concerns over a sudden surge in Srinagar airfares following the Pahalgam terror attack in April, sources said. Among other issues, the sources said that some members demanded an audit of the Bureau ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) Aviation regulator DGCA said on Tuesday it will put in place a mechanism to curb whopping surge in air ticket prices, recently witnessed during the Maha Kumbh and post-Pahalgam terror attack, as the issue coupled with concerns over air safety after the Ahmedabad plane crash dominated proceedings at a parliamentary panel meeting. Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson told the committee his airline will complete retrofitting of its fleet in two years to address frequent comp ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted the preliminary report on the AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the concerned authorities, sources said on Tuesday. According to sources, the report is based on the initial findings of the probe of the Air India plane crash in which more than 250 people were killed. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary Panel on Tuesday questioned top officials from the aviation ministry, airline, and airport representatives over the Air India plane crash, news agency PTI reported citing sources.The agenda of the meeting was to take oral evidence from representatives of the ministry, DGCA, AERA, AAI, AAICLAS, BCAS, and other concerned organisations, including airport operators and airlines, on the subject "Levy and regulation of fees, tariffs, user charges, etc. on public infrastructu ...Read More >
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted the preliminary report on the AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the concerned authorities, sources said on Tuesday. According to sources, the report is based on the initial findings of the probe of the Air India plane crash in which more than 250 people were killed. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Crash Protection Module (CPM) from the front black box was safely retrieved, and on June 25, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted the preliminary report on the AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the concerned authorities, sources said on Tuesday. According to sources, the report is based on the initial findings of the probe of the Air India plane crash in which more than 250 people were killed. Also Read | Ahmedabad Air India Crash: AAIB Submits Preliminary Report on AI-171 Crash Current Affairs. Acc ...Read More >
Air India tragedy: Did Ahmedabad plane crash happen due to sabotage? Union Minister says... Murlidhar Mohol, the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Civil Aviation, has said that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is probing the June 12 Air India.. DNA 1 week ago Ahmedabad Plane Crash EXCLUSIVE Ground Report| Minister of Civil Aviation Reveals What Led to Crash In an exclusive ground report from New Delhi, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has revealed crucial details about the t ...Read More >
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted its initial findings to the Ministry of Civil Aviation regarding the catastrophic crash of Air India Flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad. The tragic accident, which occurred on June 12, involved a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner en route to London and resulted in the loss of 241 lives, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. The AAIB's preliminary report -- compiled with assistance from global and domestic aviation experts -- marks t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI -- The Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Lok Sabha will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday. The meeting will be attended by top officials from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The tragic Ahmedabad plane crash is likely to be discussed during the meeting. According to reports, the officials of the civil aviation ministry will be asked questions about the cause of the crash, the status of the investigation into the tragic incident and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. In a statement, Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreaml ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), had reprimanded Air India Express -- the low-cost subsidiary of Air India -- in March for failing to promptly replace engine parts on an Airbus A320, as mandated by the European Union's aviation safety agency. The airline was also accused of forging records to show compliance, according to a confidential memo accessed by Reuters. Air India Express told Reuters that it had acknowledged the violation to the D ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Jul 4 (PTI) Body parts found at the site of the June 12 Ahmedabad plane crash have been handed over to six families following DNA tests, a senior health official said on Friday. Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Rakesh Joshi said the death toll in the horrific crash continues to be 260 as per officials records, adding the body parts that were handed over on Thursday belong to these victims itself. Incidentally, authorities had announced that the mortal remains of th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. In a statement, Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreamliner cras ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. In a statement, Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreaml ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 4: Air India has denied allegations from British law firm Stewarts Law that it forced families of the AI 171 crash victims to disclose financial dependency on the deceased to get compensation. Over 40 families represented by Stewarts Law have accused the airline of coercion and intimidation as they pursue claims related to the crash of the London-bound Boeing plane crash at Ahmedabad in which over 241 passengers and crew were killed. "Air India categorically rejects these allega ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Air India has denied allegations from British law firm Stewarts Law that it forced families of the AI 171 crash victims to disclose financial dependency on the deceased to get compensation. Over 40 families represented by Stewarts Law have accused the airline of coercion and intimidation as they pursue claims related to the crash of the London-bound Boeing plane crash at Ahmedabad in which over 241 passengers and crew were killed. "Air India categorically reje ...Read More >
Following the tragic Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, senior Air India pilots conducted simulator tests to explore potential causes. Recreating adverse conditions like high weight and temperature, they simulated flight with landing gear down and retracted flaps. The tests indicated the Boeing 787-8 could continue flying under those circumstances.A group of senior Air India pilots recreated on simulators some adverse conditions, such as flying with higher weight and temperature, and with ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 3 (PTI) An Air India flight from Delhi to Washington, which took off on July 2, could not complete its journey after it developed a technical glitch during a scheduled refuelling stopover in Vienna, the Tata Group-owned airline said on Thursday. Consequently, its return flight from Washington to Delhi, scheduled on July 2, was also cancelled. Also Read | India Weather Forecast: Monsoon in Active Phase, Heavy Rainfall to Continue in Most Parts of India for Almost Entire Week, Says I ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An Air India Dreamliner flight from Delhi to Washington DC was grounded in Vienna on July 2 after a maintenance issue was detected during a scheduled stopover, forcing the airline to cancel both onward and return journeys. Flight AI103, a Boeing 787-8 flight, departed from Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport at 1 am on Wednesday and had a planned fuel stop at Vienna at 6.35 am (local time). During enhanced pre-flight safety checks taking place in light of the Ahmedabad ...Read More >
Pune: Passengers on board a Goa to Pune SpiceJet flight (SG-1080) had a scare on Tuesday evening when a window panel was found dislodged while the plane was mid-air.The airline played down the incident, saying the window part that had come off was "a non-structural trim component, fitted onto the window for the purpose of shade".But a person on board the plane -- a Bombardier Q400 -- told TOI the incident triggered anxiety among the passengers. "Two to three layers of the window panel just came ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) A group of senior Air India pilots recreated on simulators some adverse conditions, such as flying with higher weight and temperature, and with gear down and retracted flaps at 50 feet, with the results showing the Boeing 787-8 aircraft continued flying, sources said on Wednesday. The simulator test was carried out independently by the Air India Boeing 787 aircraft fleet trainers during a simulator training session at the airline's Mumbai facility within days of the crash of ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 3: Panic ensued on a Japan Airlines Boeing Dreamliner 737 on Monday when the plane suddenly plummeted nearly 26,000 feet. The scary episode apparently led passengers to write goodbye letters to loved ones and details of their finances, fearing they would not survive. People on the plane recalled that there was a boom, and after that, oxygen masks fell off within a few seconds. The flight attendants started shouting, asking everyone to put on their oxygen masks. The incident comes ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Within two days of the horrific Ahmedabad plane crash, there was another near mishap of an Air India flight during take-off from Delhi to Vienna in bad weather. The First Captain and co-pilot managed to land the Boeing -777 safely at Vienna airport. The duo has been suspended by the airline and the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is now probing the incident. A DGCA official confirmed to TNIE that an inquiry into an incident involving an Air Indi ...Read More >
Ahmedabad Air India Crash: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) guidelines mandate the priliminary report release within 30 days of the crash. The report will be the first official insight into the possible causes of the crash The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is expected to release the preliminary investigation report into the fatal Ahmedabad Air India plane crash that claimed the lives of 260 people on June 12, as per a report by CNBC-TV18. The report would pr ...Read More >
India's AAIB is thoroughly investigating the Air India flight AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad, exploring all possibilities, including sabotage, after the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing over 250. The black box data is being analyzed domestically, with international observers from ICAO, the U.S. NTSB, and the UK providing technical assistance to ensure a transparent and comprehensive investigation.The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is examining all possible ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Three young women on their way to participate in Rath Yatra celebrations in Puri on Saturday died after they were run over by a bus on a highway connecting Bhubaneswar and the coastal pilgrim town, police said. The incident took place near Pipili over a bridge when the three women, who were travelling on a two-wheeler, were hit by a motorcycle following which they fell down on the road and came under the wheels of a government bus. While two women died on the spot, the third woman ...Read More >
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