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Questionnaire sent by Air India and seen by The Standard asks recipients to disclose whether they were ‘financially dependent’ on the deceased

Pilots’ post-flight report failed to mention critical stall and ‘don’t sink’ warnings, official says

Devastation following the London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board, extended beyond the aircraft. The plane, which crashed into a residential area, killed at least 17 people on the ground – none of them were passengers. 

The Air India aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad last week, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.

Vaibhav Patel and his wife Jinal Goswami had travelled to India for their baby shower

The recent crash of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad has prompted widespread discussion about potential causes. As an expert with a background in aircraft design, I would not attempt to speculate on the cause of the incident. We should wait for the crash investigators to carry out…

“I could hardly see anything as thick plumes of smoke and dust engulfed everything. I was barely able to breathe,” a medical student said.

Air India, one of Boeing’s largest customers, has 33 Dreamliners in its fleet and over 200 new aircraft on order, including 20 additional 787s

Flight 159 was due to fly same route as the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner involved in last week’s disaster