Everything about Air India's aircraft crash
Everything about Air India's aircraft crash
an Air-india-flight , which was on the way to London and Had 242 people on Friday crashed in western India on Friday. Videos showed a large cloud of smoke that rose to the sky. Rescue workers tried to extinguish the fire and look for possible survivors.
what happened and when?
The flight AI171 started at 1:39 p.m. local time (4:09 a.m.) from the international airport Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. He was on London Gatwick and was supposed to arrive at 6:25 p.m. local time (1:25 p.m. ET).
Shortly after the start, the plane gave a Mayday emergency call to air traffic control (ATC), as the Indian aviation authorities announced. "After that there was no response from the aircraft to the ATC calls.Details about the plane
The aircraft had reached a height of 625 feet when the signal was lost, according to data from the Flighttradar24. Videos show the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which drops before they disappear behind buildings and into a fire ball explodes. The crash occurred in the home province of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The plane hit a hostel for doctors, showing pictures that the rear of the aircraft protruded from the building. In the road littered with rubble, rescue workers hurried to extinguish the flames and search for survivors under the charred remains.
who was on board?
Air India stated that 169 Indian citizens, as well as 53 British, seven Portuguese and a Canadian were on board. The Ahmedabad police commissioner told the Associated Press that there are apparently no survivors of the crash. Prime Minister Modi expressed that the crash was "heartbeat beyond words" and he is in contact with the authorities involved. The British Prime Minister Keir Strander described the scenes as "devastating".
Natarajan Chandrasecaran, the chairman of Air India, said that the airline "does everything in its power to support the rescue teams on site and to provide everyone concerned the necessary help and care".
frequency of such incidents
If the number of fatalities should be confirmed, the crash of the fatalest worldwide since 2014, when a Malaysia airlines plane was shot down over Eastern Ukraine and all 298 people died on board. In 2022, Air India was taken over by the Indian multinational company Tata Group and is considered a historical return. The airline was originally in 1932 by J.R.D. Tata founded and nationalized in 1953. The deal marked the return of Air India to its original owners after almost 70 years of state control.
Before that, Air India was perceived as a struggling and indebted airline. In recent years there have been some rare but top -class aircraft. At least 18 people died in 2020 when an Air India Express aircraft - a subsidiary of Air India - crashed in the southern state of Kerala after leaving the runway. Another time, a Boeing 737 aircraft from Air India was damaged in an impact against an airport wall during the start in 2018. In 2010, 158 people died when an Air India aircraft crashed after leaving a runway in South India.
These incidents caused the Indian authorities to improve security and infrastructure, but challenges, such as overloading airspace, remain. Since the takeover of Air India in 2022, the airline has undergone a significant transformation and modernization to serve the demand for the growing middle class of India.
Reporting by CNNS Olivia Kemp, James Frater and Anna Cooban.
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