Ahmedabad crash

July 16, 2025 4:50 PM

Air India crash rekindles debate over cockpit video recorders

The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators. One of the industry's most influential voices, International Air Transport Association head Willie Walsh, a former airline pilot, said on Wednesday in Singapore there was a strong argument for video cameras to be installed in airliner cockpit...

July 16, 2025 12:23 PM

Air India to restore some international flights following reduction over crash

Air India said on Tuesday it would partially restore its international flight schedule that was scaled back following the crash involving its flight last month that killed 260 people. As part of the restoration, Air India will start a thrice-weekly service between Ahmedabad and London Heathrow from August 1 to September 30, replacing the currently operating five-times-a-week flights between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London from the Indian city of Ahmedabad...

June 13, 2025 12:35 PM

Families across India mourn loss of loved ones in Ahmedabad plane crash

A pall of grief hangs heavy over families across Gujarat and beyond, as they mourn the loss of loved ones killed in Thursday’s devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad. The London-bound Flight AI-171 crashed soon after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, killing 241 people. Only one passenger—a British national of Indian origin—survived. The disaster is being counted among the worst aviation tragedies in India’s history. Among the victims was Anju Sharma, a res...