Air India, London and Ahmedabad
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Mourners paid their respects to one of the two pilots from the doomed London-bound Air India Boeing 787 plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday, June 12, killing nearly everyone on board.
British Citizen, His Wife And 2 Children Die in Air India Plane Crash That Claimed 241 Lives Onboard
Mariam Ali Syed and her husband Javed were part of the victims of the ill-fated Air India flight AI117, which crashed and killed 241 people onboard.
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At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived. At least 29 others on the ground, including five medical students inside the hostel, were also killed.
Investigators have now recovered the cockpit voice recorder from last week’s devastating Air India crash and will analyse the pilots’ final words to help determine what caused the disaster that killed more than 270 people.
Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.
In the video, the woman is seen smiling and giggling as she films the interior of an Air India flight. Her demeanor, given the video's context, has provoked strong reactions on social media.
Following the Ahmedabad Air India crash and a lone survivor, the notion of a 'safest seat' is questioned. Experts emphasize that survival hinges on numerous factors beyond seat location, including aircraft design and passenger behavior.
The London-bound plane struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 on board and at least 29 on the ground.