Air India has started the process of paying final compensation to the families of those who died in the AI ​​171 plane crash, where those willing to accept the money will have to ensure that they will not make any future claims against the airline, original equipment manufacturers and government agencies in connection with the fatal accident. Wreckage of Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.

Air India grounds Boeing 787-8 after pilot reports fuel control switch issue on flight from London to Bengaluru, prompting investigation by DGCA and Boeing.

एअर इंडिया के बोइंग 787 ड्रीमलाइनर के फ्यूल स्विच में खराबी की आशंका के मद्देनजर विमान को उड़ान भरने से रोक दिया गया। विमान के पायलटों ने ईंधन नियंत्रण स्विच में संभावित खराबी की सूचना दी थी। इस मामले पर एयर इंडिया के प्रवक्ता ने कहा, 'हमें इस बात की जानकारी है कि हमारे एक पायलट ने बोइंग 787 ड्रीमलाइनर विमान के फ्यूल स्विच में संभावित खराबी की सूचना दी है। यह प्रारंभिक सूचना प्राप्त होने के बाद हमने उक्त विमान को उड़ान भरने से रोक दिया है।' 

अहमदाबाद से लंदन जा रही एअर इंडिया की फ्लाइट AI171 के भीषण हादसे को छह महीने से ज्यादा समय बीत चुका है, लेकिन 260 जिंदगियां छीन लेने वाली इस त्रासदी की गुत्थी अब तक सुलझ नहीं पाई है। विमान दुर्घटना जांच ब्यूरो (एएआईबी) की जांच अभी जारी है और एजेंसी हर संभावित कारण को परख रही है। ब्यूरो का कहना है कि विमान हादसे में तकनीकी खराबी से लेकर मानवीय भूल तक, किसी भी पहलू को फिलहाल खारिज नहीं किया गया है।

A new report submitted to the U.S. Senate alleges the Boeing 787-8 involved in the Air India flight AI171 crash had a prior history of technical faults.

Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), Delhi, India’s largest and busiest airport, closed 2025 with 78 million passengers, just 0.4% more than the previous year. It clocked 78,148,081 passengers in 2025, data released by Groupe ADP, which had a stake in GMR Aviation, the airport focused company of the GMR group. This traffic is 14% more than pre-COVID times. The flattish numbers were a combination of issues, starting with a runway closure which had to be halted mid-way in the first part of 2025 and restarted later, followed by Operation Sindoor when airports in North India were closed for a few days and tourism to Jammu and Kashmir took a hit.

AI171 crash in Ahmedabad killed 260 people on June 12 The Covid-19 pandemic? Ancient history. The global aviation industry is on track to shatter the 10 billion flyers milestone — a soaring triumph. But 2025 will forever be scarred as the year of Air India's catastrophic crash in Gujarat, India's deadliest aviation disaster in nearly three decades.Chaos erupted at Indian airports in December when IndiGo, the nation's top private carrier, buckled under a brutal scheduling meltdown of delays and cancellations. Air India Flight Skids Off Runway At Mumbai Airport Amid Heavy Rain; Plane Suffers Damage…

LONDON: London morgue workers were exposed to deadly gases after opening the coffins of British victims of the AI171 crash, which were repatriated to the UK from India, a UK coroner has warned.A number of bodies of the 53 British victims of the June 12 plane crash, which killed 241 people, were repatriated to Westminster Public Mortuary. Their remains were wrapped and saturated in a “dangerously high” 40% concentration of formalin as a preservative and returned in lined coffins. On opening the coffins, it was apparent that there was a significant chemical hazard from the formalin to all users of the mortuary, Inner West London senior coroner Prof Fiona Wilcox revealed in a report sent to UK housing secretary Steve Reed and health secretary Wes Streeting.In addition to formalin, “carbon monoxide and cyanide were also detected in the mortuary at dangerous levels, following opening of the coffins and unwrapping of the bodies of the deceased persons who had been repatriated”, Wilcox wrote in a “Prevention of Future Deaths” report.

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Air India is getting to the place it wants to be, just not fast enough. Here is what Campbell Wilson mentioned about the progress at an event earlier this week in Delhi 2025. The post Campbell Wilson makes first public appearance after the AI171 Crash: Talks about Pakistan overfly closure; Air India’s widebody fleet upgrade through 2028 and more. appeared first on Live From A Lounge.

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Air India flight AI171 crash (Picture credit: PTI) MUMBAI: The investigation into the fatal crash of Air India Flight AI171 by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is facing legal challenges. A second case, this time a writ petition, has been filed before the Supreme Court of India demanding an independent, judicially monitored inquiry into the loss of the Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANB) on June 12, 2025, in Ahmedabad, which claimed 260 lives.The petition was filed by Pushkaraj Sabharwal, father of the deceased pilot Capt Sumeet Sabharwal, and the Federation of Indian Pilots.

The 91-year-old father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot of the ill-fated Air India flight AI171 that crashed in Ahmedabad killing all 260 people on

India’s Civil Aviation Minister firmly denied allegations of manipulation in the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) probe into the tragic crash of Air India Flight AI171.