An Air India airplane carrying 242 folks has crashed in Ahmedabad, in one of many nation’s worst aviation disasters in a long time.
Video footage reveals the Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane – which had been certain for London Gatwick – coming down simply exterior Ahmedabad airport, the place it hit a medical doctors’ hostel in a residential space.
Air India, which began operations in 1932, and its subsidiary Air India Specific have suffered a number of deadly and non-fatal crashes through the years.
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Crash wreckage in Ahmedabad. Pic: Reuters
In response to Aviation Security Community (ASN) the latest deadly crashes had been:
• Might 2010: Boeing 737-800 (Air India Specific) overshot the runway at Mangalore, India, and crashed right into a gorge, killing 158 folks.
• August 2020: Boeing 737-800 (Air India Specific) after touchdown in Karipur, India, the plane left the runway, rolled down an embankment and broke up, killing 21 folks.
Air India’s historical past
The airline, the nation’s flagship service, is a non-public firm, majority owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata Group and minority owned by Singapore Airways.
The airline operates greater than 5,600 weekly flights and connects greater than 90 home and worldwide locations, with a fleet of 208 plane.
It flies greater than 120,000 passengers each day and provides connectivity to over 800 locations by means of greater than 75 companions.
It was based in 1932 and was owned by the Indian authorities from 1953 to 2022.
Listed here are some current non-fatal incidents, in accordance with ASN, which references numerous sources:
• September 2024: Boeing 737-8HG (Air India Specific) suffered engine issues after taking off from Delhi, which was confirmed by the airline, and the plane returned to the airport.
• October 2024: Boeing 737-8HG (Air India Specific) declared an emergency instantly after take-off attributable to a hydraulic concern in Tamil Nadu, finally touchdown safely, which a neighborhood minister stated had affected the touchdown gear.
• December 2024: Airbus A320-251N began the take-off roll (the beginning of build up velocity to take off) on a taxiway as a substitute of the runway at Goa, in accordance with the aviation security regulator, however stopped when alerted by a tower controller.
• January 2025: Airbus A320-251N suffered an engine shutdown after departing Bangalore and landed safely on the identical location, in accordance with the Instances of India.
