Air India plane in fatal crash had recently flown between New Delhi and Tokyo
CAIRO (Mainichi) -- The Air India aircraft that fatally crashed in Ahmedabad, northwestern India, on June 12 had been used for round-trip flights between New Delhi and Tokyo's Haneda Airport two days before the accident, according to data from the flight tracking website Flightradar24.
Of the 242 people onboard the flight, only one passenger survived. The cause of the crash remains unclear, and it is not yet known whether there were any mechanical issues with the aircraft.
According to Indian media and other sources, the plane that crashed was a Boeing 787-8. Flightradar24 data shows that the aircraft had departed New Delhi on the night of June 9, landed at Haneda Airport on the morning of June 10, and returned to New Delhi later that day. On June 11, it was used for a round-trip flight between New Delhi and Paris, France.
On June 12, the plane arrived in Ahmedabad from New Delhi in the morning. About two hours later, it crashed shortly after taking off for London.
(Japanese original by Jun Kaneko, Cairo Bureau)
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