Sole survivor from Air India plane crash speaks out
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Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.
The pilots of London-bound Air India flight AI-171 - which crashed 36 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad - sent one last radio message to Air Traffic Control at 1.39 pm, the Aviation Ministry said Saturday afternoon.
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Air India and Air India Express will discontinue flight number '171' following the fatal crash of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on Thursday, which resulted in 241 fatalities. The aircraft was on its route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick when it crashed shortly after takeoff.
An Air India plane crashed into a medical college in Ahmedabad, killing people on the ground and leaving a sole survivor on the flight. Authorities said 269 died.
On June 12, as news emerged that an Air India flight bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, a video ( archived) circulated online claiming to authentically show the final moments before the crash from inside the cabin.
The Civil Aviation Ministry is set to head a high-level meet today with DGCA and AIA officials to address the Air India tragedy.
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The deadly crash of an Air India flight carrying more than 240 people on Thursday arrives after years of attempts to turn around the country’s flag carrier — which had been plagued by tragedy and financial losses under prior state ownership.