Zoya Mateen BBC News, Ahmedabad AFP via Getty Images The plane crashed shortly after takeoff in a residential neighbourhood in the city of Ahmedabad For Mistry Jignesh, 72 hours feel like an eternity. Since Thursday evening, Mr Jignesh and his family have been doing the rounds of the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, trying to find … Read more
Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India’s worst aviation disasters, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people, officials said Sunday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people … Read more
Doctors in India say 270 bodies have been recovered from the site of Thursday’s plane crash in Ahmedabad. The London-bound aircraft crashed into a residential area shortly after take-off killing all but one of the 242 passengers and crew members, a 40-year-old British man. Officials have also been trying to establish how many people were … Read more
Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the … Read more
Bhargava Parikh BBC Gujarati Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Watch: Student who missed Air India flight describes it as a “miracle” Bhoomi Chauhan remembers being angry and frustrated. Bumper-to-bumper traffic had delayed her car journey to Ahmedabad airport – so much so that she missed her Air India flight to London Gatwick by just 10 minutes. … Read more
Vikas Pandey, Antriksha Pathania and Zoya Mateen BBC News, Ahmedabad Getty Images It was a balmy Thursday afternoon at the residential hostel of the BJ Medical College and the canteen was teeming with students getting lunch. The room buzzed with the sound of jokes, banter between friends, and the odd bit of academic discussion. By … Read more
A miracle. Stunning. Unbelievable. These are some of the reactions online and in headlines around the world about Vishwashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash that killed 241 people on board and several more on the ground after the plane crashed minutes after takeoff. The Dreamliner struck a medical college hostel when it crashed … Read more
From eyewitnesses and videos to the actual wreckage itself, those probing the crash of Air India Flight 171 on Thursday will try to get the “full picture” into what happened, plane crash investigation experts say, though it may take some time for the cause to be known. That investigation is already underway, with investigators having … Read more
The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people spoke out on Friday, saying he couldn’t believe he was alive as he recounted seeing others dying near him while he escaped through a broken emergency exit. The airline confirmed in a statement on X that there was a “sole … Read more
Viswashkumar explained that he and his brother had been staying in India for the last eight or nine months and he was bound back home to London, where his family lived. Viswashkumar told Reuters in Hindi that within a minute after takeoff, the plane felt like it came to a standstill in the air and … Read more