4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 20, 2025 10:51 AM IST Air India on Thursday detailed the temporary curtailment plan for it wide-body international flights. A day earlier, the Tata group carrier had said that it would reduce international flights operated by long-range aircraft like Boeing 787 and Boeing 777 by 15 per cent till at…
Extraction and analysis of data from the black boxes of the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12 is being done at the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) new state-of-the-art laboratory in Delhi, according to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). The black boxes are critical in aircraft accident…
3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 12, 2025 10:09 PM IST After the release of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report on the Air India flight AI 171 fatal crash in Ahmedabad, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday said that the report was a preliminary one and conclusions should…
The preliminary report of the ongoing investigation into the June 12 crash of Air India flight AI 171 is far more detailed than what industry veterans and experts expected, and gives an indication of the direction the probe may be headed in. The 15-page report from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), an office attached…
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 14, 2025 02:10 PM IST Following the release of the preliminary report of the investigation into the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft, Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad has ordered a precautionary check of the engine fuel control switches on its 787 fleet, it is learnt. The…
4 min readNew DelhiJul 15, 2025 11:19 PM IST Air India will start from August 1 the partial restoration of its international wide-body schedule that had been truncated by about 15 per cent due to the airline taking a “safety pause” after the June 12 crash of its Ahmedabad-London Gatwick flight AI 171 operated by…
A preliminary investigation report into an aircraft accident is generally just that: an initial status report that details the circumstances of the crash and presents bare facts known in the early stage of the probe. This particular 15-page preliminary report on the AI 171 crash goes beyond the mandate by giving some additional details, but…
4 min readJul 17, 2025 02:25 PM IST Pilot grouping Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) is considering legal action against The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) over the US-based publication’s recent reports related to the crash of Air India flight AI 171 on June 12. The FIP’s President CS Randhawa criticised the WSJ’s recent report, adding…
3 min readUpdated: Jul 28, 2025 10:28 PM IST Air India Flight 171 crash: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has recently released its preliminary report of the investigation into the June 12 Air India plane crash at Ahmedabad (AI-171). However, a detailed investigation is in progress to determine the probable cause(s)/ contributory factor(s) leading…
3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 27, 2025 03:23 AM IST Following the tragic crash of Air India flight AI 171 on June 12, the Tata group airline has so far released the Rs 25-lakh interim compensation to the families of 147 of the 229 passengers who perished in the crash and 19 who were killed…
