DGCA last week ordered enhanced safety inspections of Air India’s Boeing 787-8/9 fleet, following the devastating crash of the Tata Group airline’s London-bound flight, within seconds of take-off from the Ahmedabad airport.
Authorities are carrying out DNA tests to establish the identity of the victims since many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition or damaged otherwise after the plane crash on June 12
Debris of Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft (AI171), which crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon, was seen scattered around the hostel and residential quarters of doctors at the BJ Medical College premises
Aviation consultant John M. Cox, CEO of Safety Operating Systems, told “At this point, it's very, very, very early — we don’t know a whole lot,” he said. “But the 787 has very extensive flight data monitoring the parameters on the flight data recorder are in the thousands , so once we get that recorder, they'll be able to know pretty quickly what happened"
Hyderabad: Air India is set to commence its first ever non-stop service between Hyderabad and London, Heathrow with the first flight arriving from London to Hyderabad on Thursday and departing from Hyderabad to London on Friday. According to an Air India communiqué, the flight will operate twice a week with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft […]
