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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...

July 15, 2025 4:30 PM

Some airlines checking Boeing fuel switches after Air India crash

India on Monday ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, and South Korea ordered a similar measure on Tuesday, as scrutiny intensified of fuel switch locks at the centre of an investigation into a deadly Air India crash. The precautionary moves by India, South Korea and some airlines in other countries came despite the planemaker and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration telling airlines and regulators in recent days that the fuel switch locks on Boeing jets ar...

June 19, 2025 11:49 AM

Air India crash: Centre issues draft rules to tighten control over physical obstructions

In a significant move following the tragic crash of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has released new draft rules aimed at tightening control over physical structures that could pose risks to aircraft safety. Titled ‘Aircraft (Demolition of Obstructions) Rules, 2025’, the draft regulations will come into effect upon their publication in the Official Gazette. The rules are designed to empower authorities to take prompt and decisive action against buildings, ...

June 12, 2025 5:02 PM

PM Modi, world leaders react after Air India plane with 242 on board crashes in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep shock over the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, describing the incident as “heartbreaking beyond words.” “The tragedy in Ahmedabad has stunned and saddened us. It is heartbreaking beyond words. In this sad hour, my thoughts are with everyone affected by it. I have been in touch with ministers and authorities who are working to assist those affected,” PM Modi said in a post on X on Thursday. An Air India plane headed to London with 242 ...