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Air India Plane's Engines Had 'Clean' Histories

Chair of airline makes first public comments

(Newser) - Air India has revealed that one of the engines on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed last week was new, installed in March, while the other had been serviced in 2023 and wasn't due for maintenance until December. Both engines had "clean" histories, according to Tata Sons...

A Possible Clue Emerges in Deadly Air India Crash

Wall Street Journal reports that an emergency-power generator may have been operating

(Newser) - As investigators search for answers in the deadly Air India Flight 171 crash, a possible clue has emerged, sources tell the Wall Street Journal : the plane's emergency-power generator was likely active at the time of the crash. It's a "preliminary finding" that "gives investigators a...

She Missed Air India Flight by 10 Minutes Due to Traffic

'This is totally a miracle for me,' says 28-year-old student Bhoomi Chauhan

(Newser) - Everyone understands the stress of getting stuck in traffic on the way to the airport, yet student Bhoomi Chauhan was especially irritated on Thursday when the gridlock in and around Ahmedabad caused her to miss her flight by just 10 minutes. That annoyance has since turned to gratitude, after Chauhan,...

Doomed Air India Plane Issued Mayday Call After Take-Off

Black box has been recovered from Air India crash site

(Newser) - The cause of the first-ever Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash is still unknown but investigators hope to have answers soon. Officials say the digital flight recorder, one of the Air India aircraft's two black boxes, was recovered from a rooftop near the crash site on Friday, the AP reports.
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Air India Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Threat

Bomb threat was written in bathroom on flight from Thai island to New Delhi

(Newser) - Somebody made a bomb threat on an Air India flight the day after one of the worst disasters in the airline's history. Authorities say the flight from Phuket, Thailand, to New Delhi turned back and made an emergency landing on the island after the threat was found Friday, Reuters...

Air India Survivor: 'I Don't Know How I Am Alive'

Ramesh Viswashkumar is the sole survivor of Air India Flight AI171

(Newser) - As investigators start trying to piece together what caused Thursday's devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed nearly all of the 242 on board and dozens more on the ground, focus is now turning to the lone person on the plane who survived the crash. Police say that...

Air India Says 241 Died on Plane, 1 Survived

Dozens more died on the ground in Ahmedabad crash

(Newser) - Air India has confirmed that there was only one survivor from Thursday's crash in Ahmedabad. "We regret to inform that, of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities," the airline said in a post on X . "The sole survivor is being treated in a hospital....

Hospital Has One Survivor of Air India Crash

He will survive, says doctor of the passenger in seat 11A

(Newser) - Somehow, it appears that at least one passenger survived the crash of an Air India passenger jet on Thursday. India's home minister, Amit Shah, told reporters in Ahmedabad that he had met with the survivor in the hospital, reports the New York Times and the AP . The latter outlet...

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Air India Jet Hit Students Having Lunch

5 students at medical college reportedly among those killed; 242 were on the plane

(Newser) - No survivors are expected among the 242 people aboard the Air India jet that crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, though officials have described dozens of injured people on the ground. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into the dining facility of a local medical college where students were...

Air India Crash Is First for Boeing's Dreamliner

Company's 787 line had a clean record until Thursday

(Newser) - The passenger jet that went down in India on Thursday is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and the crash is a first for this type of Boeing jet, reports the BBC . Boeing delivered its first Dreamliner model 14 years ago and boasted earlier this year of carrying 1 billion passengers over...

Air India Passenger Jet Crashes After Takeoff

More than 240 people were aboard

(Newser) - An Air India passenger plane bound for London with 242 people onboard crashed Thursday in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline and local media reported, per the AP and the BBC . There was no immediate word on survivors. The airline initially said there were 244 on board.
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Indian Airlines Count 999 Hoax Bomb Threats So Far

It's a new record; just 112 threats were received in all of last year

(Newser) - It's been a record-setting year for hoax bomb threats at India's airports and airlines. More than 500 came in the last two weeks of October, pushing the year's total to 999 as of Nov. 14. That's almost 10 times more threats than the 122 received in...

Flight Heading for San Francisco Ends Up in Russia

Air India flight took off from New Delhi, had to make emergency landing

(Newser) - An Air India plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco landed in Russia after it developed an engine problem, officials said on Wednesday. The plane, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members, landed safely at Russia’s Magadan airport in the country’s far east on Tuesday, Air India...

Man Acquitted in 1985 Air India Bombing Is Shot Dead

Police in Canada believe attack on Ripudaman Singh Malik was targeted

(Newser) - A man acquitted in a terrorist bombing that killed 329 people aboard an Air India flight in 1985 was slain Thursday in a possible targeted shooting, Canadian authorities say. Officials said the victim was Ripudaman Singh Malik, who with co-defendant Ajaib Singh Bagri was found not guilty in March 2005...

Glacier Yields Newspapers From 1966 Plane Crash

They're still in 'very good condition'

(Newser) - January 1966 was an eventful month in Indian history: Indira Gandhi became the country's first female prime minister, and Air India Flight 101 crashed into Mont Blanc in France, killing all 117 passengers and crew. Melting ice on the mountain has now yielded remarkably well-preserved newspapers from the flight,...

Man Convicted in Canada's Deadliest Mass Killing Is Free

Air India bomb maker Inderjit Singh Reyat granted parole

(Newser) - After two decades behind bars and a year in a halfway house, the only person ever convicted in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 is free in Canada. Inderjit Singh Reyat, an Indian immigrant and former member of an extremist group fighting for an independent Sikh homeland, was...

Flight Turns Back After Passengers Spot Rat

Rodent, stray dog, catering van made it a bad day for Air India

(Newser) - An Air India plane flying to London was forced to return to Mumbai after passengers spotted a rat on board, the airline said Thursday. Though the rat wasn't found, the pilot headed back to Mumbai on Wednesday keeping passenger safety in mind, Air India said in a statement. Passengers...

Airline Worker Sucked Into Plane Engine

He was standing near plane's nose when pilot turned on engine

(Newser) - You can add being sucked into an airplane engine to the list of ways you'd rather not end up 6 feet under. Airport authorities are investigating the death of a 56-year-old Air India employee who met such a fate at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Wednesday, reports...

Airline Has Bad News for 'Fat' Workers

Air India wants its cabin crew to be in shape

(Newser) - Air India has bad news for crew members it deems "overweight": Time for you to find a new job. The airline is planning to cut 125 workers after warning several hundred of them last year that it was time to get in shape, the BBC reports. Those who didn'...

Co-Pilot Accused of Hitting Pilot Before Takeoff

Both Air India aviators are said to be grounded while investigation continues

(Newser) - With nerves still frayed from last month's Germanwings crash , this latest incident may not expedite a return to calm. Unnamed sources say that the co-pilot of an Air India plane physically abused the pilot after an argument over paperwork last night—and that they then proceeded to take off...

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