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Air India Dreamliner Crash Leaves 265 Dead as Investigators Recover Black Box

Officials are piecing together the crash’s cause using the lone survivor’s testimony supported by a recovered flight recorder

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"Había cadáveres a mi alrededor", dice el único superviviente de la tragedia de Air India

Overview

  • The Boeing 787-8 bound for London-Gatwick went down shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on June 12, killing at least 265 people onboard and on the ground.
  • Rescue teams discovered one survivor, 38-year-old passenger Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who is now recovering in hospital and has described escaping through an emergency exit.
  • Search crews have retrieved one of the aircraft’s black boxes, and experts from the U.S. and Boeing are set to join Indian authorities in analyzing flight data and cockpit recordings.
  • The Indian government and state authorities have mobilized emergency response teams and initiated DNA testing to identify victims as part of ongoing relief operations.
  • The aircraft, piloted by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal with over 8,200 flight hours, issued a Mayday call seconds after takeoff before losing contact and plunging into a residential area of Meghaninagar.