Air India crash report raises a new mystery
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The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has voiced strong concerns regarding the preliminary report on the Air India Flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 240 people. FIP criticized the exclusion of pilot representatives from the investigation and the report's reliance on selectively interpreted cockpit recordings.
The Beechcraft B200 was configured for medical transport and en route to the Netherlands when it crashed shortly after takeoff . London plane crash: What happened and what you need to know . AAIB investigation Southend,
London Southend Airport said on Wednesday that it had partially reopened after flights to and from the airport were suspended following a plane crash that killed four foreign nationals. A U.S.-built Beechcraft B200 Super King Air plane had been bound for the Netherlands on Sunday when it crashed shortly after takeoff.
All four people aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead, police said Monday.
Last month, 260 people were killed when Air India’s Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8, crashed on its way to London Gatwick due to failed engine fuel control switches. The flight crashed on June 12 shortly after taking off, killing 241 out of the 242 people on board, along with 19 people on the ground.
An India-bound Boeing aircraft was forced to return to Abu Dhabi for fuel control switch checks amid ongoing investigations into the Air India crash. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
London Southend Airport will partially reopen for a "small number of flights" three days after a small plane crashed, killing four people who were on board. The medical flight, chartered for a patient to be transported for treatment in the UK, crashed within the airport boundary shortly after take-off on Sunday.
Among the changes, a new route will connect Ahmedabad with London Heathrow three times per week from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30. This will replace Air India’s current 5X-weekly service to London Gatwick from the same city.