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Authorities Probe Air India 787 Crash as Relief Efforts Intensify

Multiple aviation agencies have begun analysing flight recorders to piece together the sequence of events that led to the June 12 crash

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Overview

  • On June 12, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operating Flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and leaving a lone survivor in critical care.
  • Eyewitnesses reported a loud explosion near Meghaninagar and a massive fire fuelled by the aircraft’s full international fuel load.
  • Air India has established an emergency response centre and deployed support teams to coordinate with victims’ families and provide verified updates.
  • Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani extended their condolences and pledged full support to ongoing relief operations.
  • The Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau have recovered both flight recorders and launched a detailed probe into the causes of the crash.