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Helicopter crash in northern India kills 7 on Hindu pilgrimage route

Reuters reports: All seven people on a helicopter in northern India were killed early on Sunday when it crashed while ferrying passengers on a popular Hindu pilgrimage route in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, officials said.

2025-06-15T02:33:13.386322-07:00

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Air India 787-8 Dreamliner Crashes Minutes After Takeoff From Ahmedabad En Route to London

2025-06-12T02:12:08.604344-07:00

Financial Express

Air India 787-8 Flight 171 Crashes After Takeoff from Ahmedabad, 241 Dead and One Survivor

2025-06-12T08:53:24.625223-07:00

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Air India Boeing 787-8 Crash: Black Boxes Recovered Amid Gear and Flap Anomaly Probe

2025-06-13T04:55:39.338820-07:00

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Helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashes near Kedarnath, killing seven A helicopter ferrying Hindu pilgrims to the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand crashed Sunday morning in northern India’s Himalayan region, killing all seven onboard. Officials said the chopper went down near Guptkashi under unclear circumstances, prompting a local investigation.

2025-06-15T02:33:13.386322-07:00

Helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims crashes near Kedarnath, killing seven

Sky News

King Charles Honors Air India Crash Victims at Trooping the Colour King Charles III and senior royals wore black armbands and observed a silence during Saturday’s Trooping the Colour military parade, paying tribute to victims of last week’s Air India plane crash. The gesture marked the first official royal acknowledgment of the tragedy at London’s annual birthday celebration.

2025-06-14T05:28:19.562580-07:00

King Charles Honors Air India Crash Victims at Trooping the Colour

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India Orders Fleet-Wide Boeing 787 Inspections Following Deadly Air India Crash India's civil aviation regulator has ordered urgent inspections of all Boeing 787 Dreamliners after an Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 270 aboard. Initial checks on eight jets found no immediate defects, but authorities will extend safety surveillance across the entire 787 fleet to rule out systemic issues.

2025-06-14T05:11:55.136563-07:00

India Orders Fleet-Wide Boeing 787 Inspections Following Deadly Air India Crash

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Air India 787 Crash’s Sole Survivor Describes Miraculous Escape From Wreckage Vishwaskumar Ramesh, the only survivor of Air India Flight AI171’s June 12 crash minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, says he awoke amid flames, debris and charred bodies. Despite believing escape was impossible, the exit-row window passenger survived by leaping through an emergency exit.

2025-06-13T14:32:34.142694-07:00

Air India 787 Crash’s Sole Survivor Describes Miraculous Escape From Wreckage

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Global Probe of Flight AI171 Engages FAA, NTSB, GE and Boeing, Triggering Regulatory Review The AAIB’s investigation into Flight AI171 has expanded to include the U.S. NTSB, FAA, GE Aerospace and Boeing as technical findings raise questions about engine components and structural integrity. Regulators are assessing whether oversight measures or design revisions are needed for Boeing’s production and certification processes.

2025-06-13T10:01:37.142016-07:00

Global Probe of Flight AI171 Engages FAA, NTSB, GE and Boeing, Triggering Regulatory Review

Reuters

Beyond Seat 11A: What saved the lone survivor of the Air India crash Air India Flight AI171 crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing all but one of the 242 on board, with sole survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in seat 11A. Experts caution the exit-row location wasn’t solely decisive, pointing to fuselage break-up patterns, impact forces and pure luck.

2025-06-13T05:43:19.891967-07:00

Beyond Seat 11A: What saved the lone survivor of the Air India crash

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Air India Boeing 787-8 Crash: Black Boxes Recovered Amid Gear and Flap Anomaly Probe Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 of 242 aboard. Early findings of extended landing gear and scattered flap components point to potential pre-takeoff anomalies.

2025-06-13T04:55:39.338820-07:00

Air India Boeing 787-8 Crash: Black Boxes Recovered Amid Gear and Flap Anomaly Probe

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Air India Phuket–Delhi Service Diverts After Hoax Bomb Threat An Air India flight bound for Delhi diverted back to Phuket International Airport on Friday after crew discovered a bomb threat note in a lavatory. Security teams evacuated the aircraft, conducted a full sweep and confirmed the threat was a hoax before passengers and crew disembarked safely.

2025-06-12T23:19:29.380597-07:00

Air India Phuket–Delhi Service Diverts After Hoax Bomb Threat

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