Survivor of Air India crash says how he escaped plane
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Arjun Patoliya, 37, was among those killed when Air India Flight AI171 crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on June 12
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.
An Air India plane crashed into a medical college in Ahmedabad, killing people on the ground and leaving a sole survivor on the flight. Authorities said 269 died.
Vadodara's Yasmin Vohra, who was travelling to London to care for her pregnant daughters-in-law, died in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad. Her husband now waits for her remains.
Airlines globally adopt this approach to show respect to the victims and help passengers distance the memory of a tragic incident from future travel experiences.
The Union government has constituted a high-level multi-disciplinary committee headed by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan to investigate the causes.Ahmedabad Plane Crash , Death toll, Ahmedabad Flight Crash ,
AHMEDABAD, India >> The investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday, as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airline’s entire Boeing-787 fleet.