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Following the tragic crash of AI171 in Ahmedabad in June, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has addressed passengers and frequent flyers in a detailed communication.In a letter to flyers and members of ...
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Air India flight AI171 crashed just minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12. More than 200 people were onboard the plane, including passengers and crew.
Air India flight AI171 crashed just minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12. More than 200 people were onboard the plane, including passengers and crew.
What do we know so far? Flight AI171 departed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad at 1.38pm local time and was meant to arrive at Gatwick nine hours later.
The Air India flight, AI171, had departed for London's Gatwick airport at 1:38 p.m. local time, the airline said. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 passengers and crew.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said, "The FAA is in contact with the NTSB regarding Air India flight AI171, operating from Ahmedabad (AMD) to London Gatwick (LGW), that was involved in ...
The director general of India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, told The Associated Press that flight AI171 crashed five minutes after its departure from Ahmedabad airport.
Fri, June 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM PDT 8 min read Siddharaj Solanki/Bloomberg via Getty Aircraft landing gear at the crash site of Air India Ltd. flight AI171 on June 12, 2025 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Air India Flight AI171, en route to London from Ahmedabad, India, crashed five minutes after takeoff, marking the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
The odds were in your favor if you were one of the 242 people who boarded Air India flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, bound for London on June 12. The plane you were flying was a Boeing 787 ...
Arjun was one of the more than 240 people killed after Air India Flight AI171 took off from Ahmedabad Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:38 p.m. local time and then crashed into ...