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Helicopter Crash on Kedarnath Pilgrimage Route Kills Seven

A chartered helicopter carrying seven pilgrims and a pilot crashed near Gaurikund, Uttarakhand, on Sunday while en route to Kedarnath, killing all on board, including a two-year-old child. Local authorities have convened investigations under the Aircraft Act and initiated DNA identification of charred remains.

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

Reuters

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

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British Airways 787-8 Dreamliner Returns to Heathrow After In-Flight Flap Failure British Airways flight BA35, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for Chennai with 214 passengers onboard, jettisoned fuel and returned to London Heathrow on Sunday after crew detected a midair flap failure. The aircraft landed safely and engineers have launched an investigation into the technical fault.

2025-06-15T12:17:05.488481-07:00

British Airways 787-8 Dreamliner Returns to Heathrow After In-Flight Flap Failure

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DNA and Dental Profiling Advances as US NTSB Surveys Air India 787 Crash Site Officials have begun returning remains of Air India Flight AI171 victims after dental and DNA profiling identified more than 80 bodies, including former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani. US NTSB teams are surveying the Ahmedabad crash site where the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner killed 270 people aboard and on the ground.

2025-06-15T06:44:28.749506-07:00

DNA and Dental Profiling Advances as US NTSB Surveys Air India 787 Crash Site

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Teen's Viral Footage Captures Final Seconds of Air India 787 Crash A teenager’s terrace recording of an Air India Dreamliner moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad has gone viral, capturing the veteran captain’s and rookie co-pilot’s final seconds before the aircraft crashed. The boy, who filmed to show friends how planes fly, is now traumatized and assisting authorities.

2025-06-15T03:51:33.041107-07:00

Teen's Viral Footage Captures Final Seconds of Air India 787 Crash

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Airport Canteen Worker Prays for “Second Miracle” After Air India 787 Crash Following the crash of Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that went down minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad killing 241 of 242 aboard, airport canteen worker Ravi Thakor is hoping for a “second miracle” akin to the lone passenger’s survival.

2025-06-15T03:35:20.029214-07:00

Airport Canteen Worker Prays for “Second Miracle” After Air India 787 Crash

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Helicopter Crash on Kedarnath Pilgrimage Route Kills Seven A chartered helicopter carrying seven pilgrims and a pilot crashed near Gaurikund, Uttarakhand, on Sunday while en route to Kedarnath, killing all on board, including a two-year-old child. Local authorities have convened investigations under the Aircraft Act and initiated DNA identification of charred remains.

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

Helicopter Crash on Kedarnath Pilgrimage Route Kills 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

Wall Street Journal

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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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