A year after Ahmedabad crash, safety still shapes how India flies: 3 in 10 travellers check aircraft type before booking, finds LocalCircles survey
New Delhi [India], June 12: One year ago today, Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground – India’s deadliest aviation disaster in decades. A year on, with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s…
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Air India flight from Newark to Delhi diverted to Stockholm over oil leak
An Air India flight en route from Newark to Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday, after experiencing an oil leak in one of its engines. The flight was operated with a Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft and had 292 passengers, including 8 infants, on board, as well as the…