Have seen several crises, this one’s most heartbreaking, says Air India chairman MUMBAI: Air India chairman N Chandrasekaran on Monday called the June 12 crash of Air India flight 171 the most tragic he has seen.“I have seen a reasonable number of crises in my career, but this (crash) is the most heartbreaking one, which…
New video of Ahmedabad crash survivor NEW DELHI: A new video of last week’s deadly Air India crash shows Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor, walking away from the crash site.In the video, some bystanders are seen shouting, as smoke billows in the background. Suddenly, Ramesh emerges from the burning wreckage, and is spotted by…
PM Modi meeting with Ramesh Viswashkumar, the sole survivor of Air India plane crash (Photo: PTI) AHMEDABAD: At 1.40 pm on June 12, Satinder Singh Sandhu, cluster fleet manager for EMRI 108 at Civil Hospital campus, was near the hospital when he heard a loud noise followed by a huge cloud of smoke. He set…
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NEW DELHI: Seventeen-year-old Aryan Ansari was on the terrace of a building near Ahmedabad airport, casually filming planes to show his friends. What he ended up recording was the moment Air India’s Dreamliner 787-8 crashed and burst into flames, footage that has since gone viral across the country.“I came here on June 12. The plane…
Khushboo had got married in Jan this year. She was traveling to London to join her husband, who worked as a healthcare worker FARIDABAD: Scores of people have been turning up at Madan Singh’s shop in Sector 22 since Thursday evening. Well-wishers, acquaintances, even regular customers who had witnessed the year begin with wedding festivities…
Ahmedabad plane crash (Photo: AP) MUMBAI: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has directed all insurers to expedite settlement of claims related to the June 12 crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad. The toll now stands at 241 passengers and 33 others, including those on the ground.In a circular issued Friday,…
Strange bedfellows gather to serve crash victims’ kin at hospital AHMEDABAD: Many faces, not expected to be on the same platform otherwise, were seen together outside the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad distributing food and beverages to relatives waiting for the bodies of the AI-171 crash victims after identification through DNA sampling.The wait was expected to…
Tatas to bear medical costs of injured too Tata Group Friday reiterated its commitment to provide Rs 1 crore as compensation to families of each person killed in the AI-171 crash – including not only passengers and crew but also doctors and individuals on ground at the time of the crash. The conglomerate will also…
AHMEDABAD: “Just before take-off, Yasmin called me expressing anxiety about the non-functioning AC and a strange feeling. I reassured her that it would start,” said Yasin, the husband of Yasmin Vora, 51, who perished in the AI-171 crash. Her nephew Pervez Vora, 30, and his daughter Zuveriya, 4, were also among those killed.“Yasmin, originally scheduled…