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Expert Claims Pilot May Have Deliberately Crashed Air India Flight
A leading aviation safety expert has suggested that the fatal crash of Air India Flight 171 may have been the result of deliberate human action, raising, for the first time, the possibility of a pilot-induced crash.
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"Don't Jump To Conclusions": Aviation Minister On Air India Crash Report
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)'s report on the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash last month is based on preliminary findings and one should not jump into conclusions, Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said.
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NDTV Decodes: Engines Shut, Fuel Cut Off - Inside Doomed Air India Flight
Air India Crash: According to data extracted from the aircraft's Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR), commonly referred to as the black box, Flight 171 carried out a routine takeoff.
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'Why Did You Cut Off Fuel?' Last Chat Of Pilots On Crashed Air India Plane
A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report into the worst aviation accident in India in decades showed the engines' fuel switches shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' after take-off.
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Jaguars Were First Inducted In IAF In 1970s. Three Have Crashed Since March
A fighter pilot was killed, and at least one other person was injured, after a Jaguar aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Churu district in Rajasthan on Wednesday afternoon.
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Both Pilots Killed As Air Force's Jaguar Fighter Crashes In Rajasthan's Churu
IAF Fighter Jet Crash: An Air Force pilot was killed after a Jaguar fighter jet crashed near Bhanuda village in Rajasthan's Churu district Wednesday.
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Pilots Recreated AI-171's Final Moments On Simulator. What They Found
The pilots attempted to simulate electrical failures that could cause a dual-engine flame-out, resulting in an inability of the aircraft to climb post takeoff.
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Crash Due To Dual Engine Failure? Air India Pilots Simulate Doomed Flight
Over two weeks after an Air India plane crash that killed all but one of the 242 people on board, investigators and the airline are studying possible dual engine failure as a scenario that prevented the Boeing Co. 787 jet from staying airborne.
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Air India Delhi-Vienna Flight Plunged 900 Feet Mid-Air, Days After Ahmedabad Crash
An Air India flight took off from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for Vienna on June 14. However, soon after takeoff, it lost altitude - the plane dropped 900 feet mid-air.
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'Right Engine Changed, Left Inspected': Air India On Dreamliner Plane Crash
The right engine of the Air India plane that crashed 36 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Airport - killing 274 people - was overhauled in March 2025 and the left was inspected in April, the airline said.
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Does RAT Hold Key To Air India Probe? Turbine Had Deployed Before Crash
India saw one of its worst aviation disasters, in which at least 270 people were killed, last week and new evidence indicates that both engines of the plane may have failed.
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In Pics: Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's Last Rites, Grieving Family Bids Final Goodbye
The body of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, pilot of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad last week, was brought to Mumbai on Tuesday for his last rites.
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At Captain Sabharwal's Final Farewell, A Grieving Father, Teary Hugs
Sumeet's 88-year-old father, visibly shattered, performed the prayer ritual, standing beside his son's coffin, barely able to speak.
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Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's Grieving 88-Year-Old Father Pays Final Tribute
With tears welling in his eyes and folded hands, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's father paid tribute to his son, pilot of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12.
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What Pilots Said, What Alarms Rang: Questions For Crashed Air India Plane's 'Black Box'
Authorities investigating the Air India AI-171 plane crash have both black boxes, meaning we can unravel the final seconds and understand why the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed.
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Expert Claims Pilot May Have Deliberately Crashed Air India Flight
A leading aviation safety expert has suggested that the fatal crash of Air India Flight 171 may have been the result of deliberate human action, raising, for the first time, the possibility of a pilot-induced crash.
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"Don't Jump To Conclusions": Aviation Minister On Air India Crash Report
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)'s report on the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash last month is based on preliminary findings and one should not jump into conclusions, Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said.
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NDTV Decodes: Engines Shut, Fuel Cut Off - Inside Doomed Air India Flight
Air India Crash: According to data extracted from the aircraft's Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR), commonly referred to as the black box, Flight 171 carried out a routine takeoff.
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'Why Did You Cut Off Fuel?' Last Chat Of Pilots On Crashed Air India Plane
A month after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed at least 270 people, a preliminary report into the worst aviation accident in India in decades showed the engines' fuel switches shifted from 'RUN' to 'CUTOFF' after take-off.
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Jaguars Were First Inducted In IAF In 1970s. Three Have Crashed Since March
A fighter pilot was killed, and at least one other person was injured, after a Jaguar aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Churu district in Rajasthan on Wednesday afternoon.
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Both Pilots Killed As Air Force's Jaguar Fighter Crashes In Rajasthan's Churu
IAF Fighter Jet Crash: An Air Force pilot was killed after a Jaguar fighter jet crashed near Bhanuda village in Rajasthan's Churu district Wednesday.
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Pilots Recreated AI-171's Final Moments On Simulator. What They Found
The pilots attempted to simulate electrical failures that could cause a dual-engine flame-out, resulting in an inability of the aircraft to climb post takeoff.
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Crash Due To Dual Engine Failure? Air India Pilots Simulate Doomed Flight
Over two weeks after an Air India plane crash that killed all but one of the 242 people on board, investigators and the airline are studying possible dual engine failure as a scenario that prevented the Boeing Co. 787 jet from staying airborne.
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Air India Delhi-Vienna Flight Plunged 900 Feet Mid-Air, Days After Ahmedabad Crash
An Air India flight took off from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for Vienna on June 14. However, soon after takeoff, it lost altitude - the plane dropped 900 feet mid-air.
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'Right Engine Changed, Left Inspected': Air India On Dreamliner Plane Crash
The right engine of the Air India plane that crashed 36 seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Airport - killing 274 people - was overhauled in March 2025 and the left was inspected in April, the airline said.
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Does RAT Hold Key To Air India Probe? Turbine Had Deployed Before Crash
India saw one of its worst aviation disasters, in which at least 270 people were killed, last week and new evidence indicates that both engines of the plane may have failed.
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In Pics: Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's Last Rites, Grieving Family Bids Final Goodbye
The body of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, pilot of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad last week, was brought to Mumbai on Tuesday for his last rites.
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At Captain Sabharwal's Final Farewell, A Grieving Father, Teary Hugs
Sumeet's 88-year-old father, visibly shattered, performed the prayer ritual, standing beside his son's coffin, barely able to speak.
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Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's Grieving 88-Year-Old Father Pays Final Tribute
With tears welling in his eyes and folded hands, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal's father paid tribute to his son, pilot of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12.
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What Pilots Said, What Alarms Rang: Questions For Crashed Air India Plane's 'Black Box'
Authorities investigating the Air India AI-171 plane crash have both black boxes, meaning we can unravel the final seconds and understand why the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed.
