US EditionDeath toll in Indian plane crash climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies
- An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday shortly after takeoff, hitting a medical college hostel and killing at least 270 people.
- The plane crash occurred minutes after takeoff on a flight bound for London, and investigations are ongoing after recovery of the black box to determine the cause.
- Recovery teams found over 270 bodies, with many badly burned, while families in Ahmedabad provide DNA samples to identify victims amid delays.
- Only one survivor, the British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, age 40, remains hospitalized after witnessing fellow passengers die in the crash fireball.
- The Indian government formed a multi-disciplinary committee to improve aircraft emergency procedures, while families await final victim identifications and answers.
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A Plane Crashed in India—and Everyone Blamed Boeing, But It’s Not So Simple
The videos are horrific.An Air India plane—a Boeing 787 Dreamliner—with 241 passengers and crew on board takes off from Ahmedabad, India. You can immediately see that the pilot is struggling to get the plane into the sky. Its nose is pointed upward, but within 30 seconds, it starts to sink slowly until it is no longer in sight. The next thing you see is a giant fireball as the plane crashes into a medical-school cafeteria. The pilot’s last words…
The London-bound plane crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff, killing all passengers and crew members except a 40-year-old man.
Death toll from plane crash in India climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies
AHMEDABAD, India — 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.The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on …
Air India crash death toll climbs to 270 as victim identification
NEW DELHI: The death toll from the crash of an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has risen to 270, as bodies, including those of people killed on the ground, continue to be identified. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed less than a minute after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Gujarat state on Thursday. It was carrying 242 people
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