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‘It’s all very raw’: Twenty victims of the Air India plane crash connected to the same London temple

Shri Rajrajeshwar Guruji International Siddhashram Shakti Centre said multiple worshippers had lost loved ones in the tragedy

The Independent UK

Final Words Of Air India Pilot To The Control Tower Right Before The Plane Crashed Are Revealed

New details emerge about the mayday distress call made by the pilot of fated Air India AI171

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‘Too many bodies to identify’: Gujarat man looks for missing mother, daughter, and answers, after crash

“They’re all saying the same thing – that there are too many bodies, and it’s hard to identify them,” says Thakur Ravi Prahlad, who has been frantically searching for any trace of his mother Sharlaben and his two-year-old daughter. Both were at the BJ Medical College hostel canteen in Ahmedabad…

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‘She was a wonder’: Ahmedabad reels amid aftermath of Air India plane crash

True scale of tragedy still unfolding as accounts from family members of those onboard begin to emerge

The Guardian - UK

Watch: Lone survivor of Air India crash gives first broadcast interview

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the Air India flight that crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad in western India, has given his first interview to broadcast media.

The Independent UK

Passenger on Air India plane shares video of ‘nothing working’ hours before crash

A passenger who claims to have taken a previous flight on an Air India aircraft immediately prior to it crashing in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday (June 12), has posted footage of “nothing working” onboard on the plane.

The Independent UK

One of two black boxes recovered from Air India wreckage, police sources say

Officers say 265 bodies found so far as families queue at Ahmedabad hospital to identify loved ones

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‘She said she’d return’: Final moments of pilots and crew who went down with doomed Air India flight

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal issued desperate mayday call as plane lost power shortly after leaving runway

The Independent UK

Man On Prior Flight Of Air India Boeing That Crashed Captured Defects On Video, Stuns People

Passenger on the same Air India plane that later crashed posts video from an earlier flight appearing to show systems not working properly before takeoff.

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Air India flight forced into emergency landing after bomb threat

Mid-air emergency comes day after flight to London Gatwick crashed after take-off from Ahmedabad killing 241 passengers on board

Evening Standard

Investigators search Air India crash site as Modi meets lone survivor

One black box found as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the scene and calls the devastation ‘saddening’.

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Air India crash: investigators to focus on plane’s engine thrust, wing flaps and landing gear

Airline’s maintenance regime will also be scrutinised as experts offer theories for cause of disaster

The Guardian - UK

‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’ – lone Air India plane crash survivor

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh spoke from his hospital bed following the fireball crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Miracle sole survivor of Air India flight 171 reveals how he escaped the doomed plane

British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh spoke from his hospital bed following the fireball crash in Ahmedabad

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‘They were my everything’: tributes paid as names of more British Air India crash victims emerge

Fifty-three Britons were onboard, among them young families, students and business people on their way home

The Independent UK

Indian PM visits British lone survivor of Air India crash in hospital

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited the sole survivor of the devastating Air India flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

The Conversation

News of the Air India plane crash is traumatic. Here’s how to make sense of the risk

On Thursday afternoon local time, an Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. There were reportedly 242 people onboard, including two pilots and ten cabin crew.

Evening Standard

Air India plane crash survivor meets prime minister Narendra Modi in hospital

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, talked to Mr Modi while lying on his hospital bed.

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The Guardian - UK

Air India disaster: rescue teams with sniffer dogs comb site of deadly plane crash

Narendra Modi visits Ahmedabad crash site where at least 265 people died, with one passenger on Boeing jet surviving

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‘Miracle Brit in seat 11A’, ‘descent into tragedy’: Front pages on the Air India crash

In what is being described as one of the worst aviation disasters in recent memory, a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing at least 260 on board and in the area impacted by the crash.

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Air India crash: Aviation expert Capt Mohan Ranganathan demands impartial probe

What exactly caused the Air India Dreamliner to crash in Ahmedabad remains a mystery, and only a comprehensive investigation can provide answers. Given the aircraft’s safety track record, aviation authorities and experts around the world are closely watching the developments.

The Conversation

Speculation about the cause of Air India crash is rife. An aviation expert explains why it’s a problem

It has only been a few hours since Air India flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing more than 260 people, yet public speculation about the causes of the disaster is already rife.

The Conversation

What do we know about the Air India crash? How did one man survive? What now? An aviation safety expert explains

An Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad in northwest India on Thursday afternoon local time, killing more than 260 people.

Newslaundry

‘Things changed in 30 seconds’: Survivor recounts Air India crash

A 40-year-old man, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, walked away from the wreckage of Air India Flight AI 171 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, surviving a tragedy that claimed at least 204 lives.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: shock over Air India crash, calls for safety changes on Sydney’s light rail, WTC final on knife-edge

Briton only survivor of air crash in Ahmedabad; death in Surry Hills prompts call for light rail safety; wickets fall freely at Lord’s

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