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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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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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NDTV Inside Flight Simulator: What May Have Happened In Dreamliner's Final Moments
NDTV spoke to a commercial airline pilot inside the cockpit of a flight simulator to get an insight into what could have gone wrong with Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner just before it crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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Lack Of Lift, Pilots Yanking Yoke: What May Have Happened In Plane's Cockpit
Air India flight AI-171, from Ahmedabad to Gawtick, crashed shortly after take-off, having achieved a height of just 672 feet, and NDTV has - based on expert testimony - pieced together what may have happened in the last few seconds in the cockpit.
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Pilot Shares Breathtaking View From The Cockpit During Landing, Video Goes Viral
A viral video showcases the mesmerising view that pilots experience as they guide the aircraft safely to the ground.
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200 Passengers 'Fly Without A Pilot' For 10 Minutes. Here's What Happened
A Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, German news agency dpa reported on Saturday.
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Vulture's Corpse Hangs In Front Of Pilot After Crashing Into Cockpit Mid-Air
Despite the high-intensity impact, the pilot managed to hold his own and landed the aircraft at the Eirunepe airport without any trouble.
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Sri Lankan Pilot Locks Woman Colleague Out Of Cockpit Over Toilet Break
A pilot locked a woman co-pilotout of the cockpit of a Sydney-Colombo Sri Lankan Airlines flight when shetook a mid-air toilet break.
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Exclusive: How Air India Express Pilots Handled Mid-Air Scare Over Trichy
A report of hydraulic failure from a Tiruchirappalli-Sharjah Air India Express flight and its subsequent holding pattern may have caused panic on the ground, but things were always under control inside the cockpit, senior sources told NDTV.
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Aeroflot Flight 593: How A Child's Cockpit Visit Caused Deadly Crash In 1994
On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 from Moscow to Hong Kong crashed which resulted in the deaths of all 75 people on board.
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Probe Reveals Indonesian Pilots Fell Asleep For 30 Minutes On Flight With 153 People
Although there were several navigational errors as a result of the incident, the flight did not result in any injuries to the Airbus A320's 153 passengers or four flight attendants.
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New York-Bound Flight Makes Midair U-Turn To Canada After Fire Erupts In The Cockpit
During the climb out of Toronto, the pilot declared "mayday," reported an electrical fire in the cockpit and requested an immediate return to the airport of departure.
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Can AI Replace Air Traffic Controllers? A Pilot Says This
After hours of routine operations, an air traffic controller gets a radio call from a small aircraft whose cockpit indicators can't confirm that the plane's landing gear is extended for landing.
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British Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing At Heathrow After 'Fumes In The Cockpit'
A British Airways spokesperson blamed a 'technical issue' for the quick about-turn, though they did not specify what had caused the pilots to choose to return to Heathrow.
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Pilot's Heartfelt Farewell Speech After 32 Years In Service Moves Passengers To Tears
On Jeff Fell's final flight, he expressed gratitude to his family, who joined as passengers to commemorate his remarkable 32-year journey in the cockpit.
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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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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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NDTV Inside Flight Simulator: What May Have Happened In Dreamliner's Final Moments
NDTV spoke to a commercial airline pilot inside the cockpit of a flight simulator to get an insight into what could have gone wrong with Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner just before it crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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Lack Of Lift, Pilots Yanking Yoke: What May Have Happened In Plane's Cockpit
Air India flight AI-171, from Ahmedabad to Gawtick, crashed shortly after take-off, having achieved a height of just 672 feet, and NDTV has - based on expert testimony - pieced together what may have happened in the last few seconds in the cockpit.
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Pilot Shares Breathtaking View From The Cockpit During Landing, Video Goes Viral
A viral video showcases the mesmerising view that pilots experience as they guide the aircraft safely to the ground.
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200 Passengers 'Fly Without A Pilot' For 10 Minutes. Here's What Happened
A Lufthansa flight to Spain last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, German news agency dpa reported on Saturday.
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Vulture's Corpse Hangs In Front Of Pilot After Crashing Into Cockpit Mid-Air
Despite the high-intensity impact, the pilot managed to hold his own and landed the aircraft at the Eirunepe airport without any trouble.
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Sri Lankan Pilot Locks Woman Colleague Out Of Cockpit Over Toilet Break
A pilot locked a woman co-pilotout of the cockpit of a Sydney-Colombo Sri Lankan Airlines flight when shetook a mid-air toilet break.
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Exclusive: How Air India Express Pilots Handled Mid-Air Scare Over Trichy
A report of hydraulic failure from a Tiruchirappalli-Sharjah Air India Express flight and its subsequent holding pattern may have caused panic on the ground, but things were always under control inside the cockpit, senior sources told NDTV.
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Aeroflot Flight 593: How A Child's Cockpit Visit Caused Deadly Crash In 1994
On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 from Moscow to Hong Kong crashed which resulted in the deaths of all 75 people on board.
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Probe Reveals Indonesian Pilots Fell Asleep For 30 Minutes On Flight With 153 People
Although there were several navigational errors as a result of the incident, the flight did not result in any injuries to the Airbus A320's 153 passengers or four flight attendants.
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New York-Bound Flight Makes Midair U-Turn To Canada After Fire Erupts In The Cockpit
During the climb out of Toronto, the pilot declared "mayday," reported an electrical fire in the cockpit and requested an immediate return to the airport of departure.
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Can AI Replace Air Traffic Controllers? A Pilot Says This
After hours of routine operations, an air traffic controller gets a radio call from a small aircraft whose cockpit indicators can't confirm that the plane's landing gear is extended for landing.
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British Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing At Heathrow After 'Fumes In The Cockpit'
A British Airways spokesperson blamed a 'technical issue' for the quick about-turn, though they did not specify what had caused the pilots to choose to return to Heathrow.
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Pilot's Heartfelt Farewell Speech After 32 Years In Service Moves Passengers To Tears
On Jeff Fell's final flight, he expressed gratitude to his family, who joined as passengers to commemorate his remarkable 32-year journey in the cockpit.
