Air India, plane crashes
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Investigators in India are studying the black boxes of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner after recovering them from the aircraft wreckage to ascertain the cause of last week’s plane crash that left at least 270 people dead.
Aryan Asari just wanted to film planes flying in the sky - but he ended up capturing one of the country's biggest air crashes.
The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.
Underscoring that travellers deserve better, MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday said her Delhi-Pune Air India flight was late by over three hours, and there has been no communication or assistance from the airline.
The black boxes will provide cockpit conversations and data related to the plane’s engine and control settings to investigators and help them in determining the cause of the crash.
The plane was 90 minutes into its flight from Hong Kong, when the pilots contacted air traffic controllers with an urgent request.
HONG KONG — An Air India flight returned to Hong Kong on Monday shortly after takeoff due to a midair technical issue, days after another of the airline’s flights crashed and killed at least 270 people .
Legal entitlements, under the Montreal Convention, Indian aviation law, and consumer protection statutes, entitle each victim’s family to at least ₹1.5–1.85 crore, with the potential for more if negli