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The Black Box of the ill-fated Air India AI 171 Ahmedabad-London flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday has been recovered, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site and injured at the Civil Hospital on Friday. The Black Box has been recovered, the Ministry of Civil Aviation informed on Friday. The orange-coloured device […]
Following the tragic crash of London-bound Air India Flight AI171, which killed 241 of the 242 people on board, the airline’s management has issued a gag order to all employees, instructing them not to respond to media queries or make any public statements. In an internal communication accessed by The News Minute, employees were also […]
“Because of that child, she is with me…” These were the trembling words of a mother who, just hours earlier, stood on the edge of unthinkable loss. Bhoomi Chauhan, a resident of, had left her child with her mother before heading to catch the ill-fated Air India Flight 171. The plane, carrying 241 passengers, including […]
Heart-wrenching stories have surfaced about the lives behind the cockpit following the AI-171 plane crash in Ahmedabad. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the seasoned pilot at the helm, had logged an impressive 8,300 hours of flying experience. A resident of Powai, Mumbai, Sabharwal lived with his nonagenarian father, to whom he was devoted. According to reports, only […]
The Boeing 787 has been the subject of multiple safety concerns in recent years, with whistleblowers warning of potential flaws. Recent months have seen a spate of Boeing-related accidents. While investigators are still piecing together the final moments of the aircraft crash in Ahmedabad, public anger is growing. The crash has reignited long-standing questions about Boeing’s […]
There were hints of technical malfunction during takeoff of the Air India flight AI171, operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which exploded on the campus of a medical college. Going by visual evidence, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner departed with its landing gear extended and wing flaps fully retracted which is highly unusual in the critical […]
At least 245 people, including four medical students having lunch in their hostel cafetaria, are feared to have died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. International aviation experts say this is the worst aviation disaster in the world. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college building in Ahmedabad in Gujarat on […]
For 40-year-old Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, it was a usual flight but just about 30 seconds after the Ahmedabad London Air India flight took off, things changed completely. Within the next five minutes, the plane had crashed. Even as hundreds are believed to be dead and Vibes of India is still waiting for the death toll […]
A bird hit may have prevented the Air India flight, which crashed near Ahmedabad airport, from achieving the optimum speed for take-off, leading to the crash, experts have been quoted in the section of media. Air India flight 171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick airport in London crashed around 1.30 pm on Thursday, shortly after taking off from Sardar […]
Air India’s Ahmedabad-London flight A 171 with 242 people on board crashed soon after take off on Thursday afternoon near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Casualty details are awaited. Injured are being rushed to Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital and emergency services have been pressed into service. Green corridor has been created to take the injured to […]
Air India’s Ahmedabad-London flight A 171 crashed soon after take off on Thursday afternoon near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. More than 200 passengers were on board. Casualty details are awaited. Injured are being rushed to Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital and emergency services have been pressed into service. Green corridor has been created to take the […]
A plane crash has been reported near Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday afternoon. According to preliminary reports, more than 200 passengers were on board on Ahmedabad-London Air India flight AI 171. The accident is reported to have taken place during take off. Emergency services have been pressed into service and all roads leading to the […]
US President Donald Trump has launched what he calls the “Trump Card,” a high-value immigration initiative offering foreigners a pathway to US citizenship in exchange for a $5 million payment to the government. Also referred to as the Gold Card, Trump described the programme as “somewhat like a Green Card, but at a higher level […]
Over the past six years, Gujarat has witnessed a steady thinning of its green cover—a quiet but unsettling change. Tree cover in Gujarat has declined by 17 percent, from 8,034 sq km in 2015-16 to merely 6,632 sq km in 2021-22. Developed states have expanded their leafy footprint. Maharashtra, for instance, posted a remarkable 47.7 percent […]
Two days from now, US President Donald Trump will mark his 79th birthday—but global eyes will be fixed on June 14 for reasons that go far beyond the celebrations. A far more calculated and strategic development is quietly taking shape. Two days before Trump blows out his birthday candles, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), […]
The brother of Sonam Raghuvanshi — accused of orchestrating the murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi — has broken his silence, rejecting claims of a romantic relationship between her and co-accused Raj Kushwaha. Govind Raghuvanshi told reporters in Indore after meeting Raja’s mother that there was no affair between Sonam and Raj. She has been tying him […]
In another significant development in the March 13 Karelibaug car crash case, the Vadodara city police have filed a mammoth 3000-page chargesheet, outlining a sequence of reckless and unlawful decisions that led to the death of one woman and injuries to seven others. The primary accused, MS University law student Rakshit Chaurasiya, was allegedly behind […]
The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was all set for liftoff on June 11 but a liquid oxygen (LOx) leak showed up during post-static fire booster inspections. The launch will now be delayed. SpaceX confirmed the same in a post on X. “Standing down from tomorrow’s Falcon 9 launch of Ax-4 […]
If your idea of summer bliss involves cranking your AC down to Antarctica mode at 16°C, brace yourself for a surprise. The government is about to standardise your chill—literally. Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, in a lighter vein doubling as the newly appointed Temperature Tzar, announced that air conditioners will […]
The US embassy in India has reacted to the handcuffing and deportation of an Indian student from Newark Airport in the United States. The US embassy in India on Tuesday said that although the country continues to welcome legitimate travellers, they won’t tolerate illegal entry, abuse of visas or violation of US law. It also said that […]
