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Indian Authorities Begin Probe of Air India Plane Crash as Modi Visits the Site
- An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad yesterday, killing 241 on the plane and several on the ground.
- The plane collided with a medical college hostel in a densely populated area, causing a massive blaze and prompting a formal investigation by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.
- Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national and sole survivor seated next to an emergency exit, escaped by jumping out and is now treated in hospital as efforts continue to identify victims by DNA.
- The Tata Group, Air India’s owner, pledged 10 million rupees to each victim’s family and to cover medical costs for the injured, while authorities reported 265 bodies had been recovered so far.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the crash as heartbreaking, visited the survivor and site, and expressed condolences to families including that of a deceased former Indian politician.
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Indian authorities begin investigating Air India crash in which 1 passenger survived
India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has begun investigating Thursday’s deadly Air India crash, one of the country’s worst aviation accidents in decades, with assistance from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and British investigators. Authorities said the plane’s flight data recorder, or black box, was recovered from a rooftop at the crash site. “This marks an important step forward in the investigation. This will signific…
In the aftermath of the Indian air accident, British and American investigators arrived to support their Indian counterparts in the Aviation Accident Investigation Office (AAIB).
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