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Air India Plane Crash: Pilot's Last Message Was Mayday, Flight Started Sinking After Reaching 650 Ft - Aviation Ministry
- An Air India 787-8 Dreamliner, designated as Flight AI171, crashed just after departing from Ahmedabad on Thursday, resulting in the deaths of 241 out of the 242 people on board.
- The crash happened when the co-pilot accidentally deployed the flaps rather than pulling up the landing gear, leading to a sudden decrease in speed and altitude.
- The only survivor, British passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, seated in the aircraft's middle section spared from the worst impact, later walked from the wreckage in disbelief.
- Veteran pilot Captain Ehsan Khalid said no control jam occurred and a Mayday call was made, while investigators recovered one black box on Friday for analysis by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
- The crash marks the deadliest aviation disaster in India over the past ten years, leaving many families and communities shattered while emergency responders work tirelessly to recover those affected in Ahmedabad.
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Air India Plane crash: Pilot's last message was Mayday, flight started sinking after reaching 650 ft - Aviation Ministry
The aviation ministry on Saturday said that the flight data recorder of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday has been found, adding that the flight had climbed 650 feet in the air before it started descending.
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Expert details Air India pilot's chillingly simple mistake which 'led to horror crash' - The Mirror
Air India flight AI171 crashed on Thursday - killing all but one of the 242 people onboard - and friends and relatives assistance centres have been created at London Gatwick and other airports
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Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating as Flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London's Gatwick Airport crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Out of 242 on board, only one survived. Now the... ...
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