Air India crash rekindles debate over cockpit video recorders

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...

Air India to restore some international flights following reduction over crash

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...