Overview

• Both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from Flight 171 have been recovered and are undergoing detailed analysis to determine the cause of the jet’s sudden loss of altitude.
• India’s civil aviation ministry has ordered urgent inspections and safety audits for all 34 Boeing 787 Dreamliners operated by Air India.
• DNA testing has identified 32 crash victims so far, and Air India has promised 250,000 rupees (about €25,000) per family while Tata Group has offered an additional 10 million rupees for each fatality.
• Only one of the 242 people on board survived and at least 38 residents were killed when the Dreamliner plunged into a residential area shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad.
• A helicopter crash in Uttarakhand on June 15 that killed seven pilgrims has intensified pressure on regulators to strengthen India’s aviation safety protocols.