Overview
- Flight AI171 plunged into a residential area near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and demolishing a doctors’ hostel.
- Both flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered and will be jointly analyzed by the DGCA and international investigators.
- The DGCA has mandated one-time safety inspections of all Air India Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 aircraft from June 15, covering fuel systems, engine actuators and hydraulic systems.
- Identification of victims is being delayed by severe burn injuries, prompting authorities to collect DNA samples that families say could take weeks to process.
- Tata Group has pledged an ex gratia payment of ₹1 crore to each family of the deceased, and the sole survivor, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, remains under medical care.