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‘We just want answers’: AI171 crash victims’ families write to PM Modi

In a letter to PM Modi, the kin of the crash victims sought answers as to what caused the disaster that claimed 260 lives.
Updated on Apr 05, 2026 06:13 am IST

Ajit Pawar death: AAIB seeks ‘special support’ to retrieve CVR data of Learjet 45 jet

Ajit Pawar death: AAIB seeks ‘special support’ to retrieve CVR data of Learjet 45 jet
Published on Feb 18, 2026 05:02 am IST

Voice, flight data recorders recovered in Libyan army chief plane crash

Libyan military delegation members arrive at the wreckage site following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff General Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, found 2 kilometers south of Kesikkavak Village at Haymana district in Ankara.
Published on Dec 24, 2025 04:37 pm IST

AAIB team may visit US lab to share crash data

A person walks past debris at the crash site after an Air India aircraft, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12. (REUTERS)
Published on Dec 07, 2025 04:10 am IST

100 days after the AI-171 jet crash, questions persist

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File photo of the wreckage showing the tail section of the Air India Boeing 787-8 is pictured in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 14, 2025, after the aircraft operating as flight 171 crashed shortly after taking off on June 12. Investigators recovered a black box recorder on June 13 from the crash site of a London-bound passenger jet that ploughed into a residential area of India's Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
Published on Sept 26, 2025 04:48 am IST

AI A320 incident probe reveals damage to jet, airport infrastructure

The damaged cowling of the Air India Airbus A320. (HT)
Updated on Sept 09, 2025 04:56 am IST

Families of Air India crash victims demand release of flight recorders

Families of Air India crash victims demand release of flight recorders
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 05:41 am IST

Key to fatal Air India crash mystery: 32 seconds in flight deck

How the London-bound Air India plane crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12.
Updated on Jul 13, 2025 05:46 pm IST

Air India flight's 2nd black box recovered; cockpit voice recorder to aid probe

The flight data recorder the cockpit voice recorder of the plane were recovered
Updated on Jun 16, 2025 07:17 am IST

Flight data recorders hold key to aircraft crash investigations

Flight data recorders hold key to aircraft crash investigations
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 10:59 pm IST

Air India AI171 crash: What's a black box and why is it important?

The black box in the Gatwick bound AI171 aircraft can shed light on vital information behind its crash in Ahmedabad today.
Updated on Jun 13, 2025 05:47 pm IST

Medical jet’s voice recorder likely wasn’t working for years before Philadelphia crash

Medical jet’s voice recorder likely wasn’t working for years before Philadelphia crash
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 01:12 am IST

What can the 'black box' tell us about plane crashes?

What can the 'black box' tell us about plane crashes?
Published on Feb 01, 2025 12:43 am IST

How black boxes hold vital clues to air disasters

How black boxes hold vital clues to air disasters
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 06:26 pm IST

South Korea plane crash: Transcript of voice recorder to be completed today

Investigators, including officials from South Korea's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB), US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, stand by the mound where the instrument landing system localiser is located, at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport.
Published on Jan 04, 2025 01:15 pm IST

Lion Air pilots searched for right checklist before crash: Investigators

An Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) official examines a turbine engine from the Lion Air flight JT610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 4, 2018.
Published on Mar 21, 2019 05:53 pm IST

Crashed Lion Air jet’s recorder has two hours of cockpit voices

Indonesian navy frogmen emerge from the water during a search operation for the victims of the crashed Lion Air plane in the waters of Tanjung Karawang, Indonesia.
Updated on Jan 18, 2019 01:29 pm IST

Lion Air ends search for black box, Indonesian investigators plan own probe

Lion Air ends search for black box
Published on Jan 03, 2019 08:14 pm IST

Lion Air crash victims’ families to rally as hunt for wreckage steps up

Families of some of the 189 people killed in a Lion Air plane crash plan a protest rally in Indonesia on Thursday.
Published on Dec 13, 2018 01:00 pm IST

Indonesian authorities say they have stopped searching for victims of crashed Lion Air flight

Earlier on November 6, investigators of the Lion Air Flight 610 had confirmed that the airspeed indicator of the aircraft had malfunctioned during its last four flights.
Updated on Nov 11, 2018 11:16 am IST

Crashed Lion Air jet’s elusive audio holds key to Indonesian tragedy

Rescuers use crane to retrieve part of the landing gears of the crashed Lion Air jet.
Updated on Nov 05, 2018 11:01 am IST

Divers see Lion Air jet fuselage, new ‘low ping signal’ detected, says official

Navy divers inspect what is believed to be engine of the crashed Lion Air jet after it was retrieved from the sea floor, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Published on Nov 04, 2018 02:42 pm IST

Railways to soon install black boxes to probe accidents and assess crew performance

A police personnel stands the site where the engine of the New Farakka Express train derailed along with eight coaches near Harchandpur Railway station in Rae Bareli on October 10, 2018.
Updated on Oct 15, 2018 06:59 pm IST