Video: Air India plane with 244 passengers crashes in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Injured passengers are being rushed to the nearby hospital following the plane crash. More details are awaited pic.twitter.com/6jSFgNftM4
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Khaleej Times
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- Khaleej Times
Air India flight to Delhi makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat
An Air India flight from the Thai island of Phuket headed to Delhi requested an emergency landing on Friday after a bomb threat was received on board, Phuket's airport said. Flight AI 379 had landed and the airport was proceeding with emergency plans, an official told Reuters. This comes a day after an Air India Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on June 12, leading to deaths of 265 people.
The National
11 hours ago
- The National
Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat
An Air India plane flying from Phuket in Thailand to New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said. All 156 passengers on flight AI 379 were escorted from the plane, in line with emergency plans, an Airports of Thailand official said. The aircraft took off from Phuket airport at 9.30am (0230 GMT) on Friday, bound for the Indian capital, but made a wide loop around the Andaman Sea and landed back on the southern Thai island, according to flight tracker Flightradar24. The incident follows the crash of an Air India flight in Ahmedabad on Thursday shortly after takeoff, in which more than 240 people were killed. Airport officials did not provide details on the bomb threat. Air India did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Indian airlines and airports were inundated with hoax bomb threats last year, with nearly 1,000 hoax calls and messages received in the first 10 months, nearly 10 times that of 2023.
Khaleej Times
a day ago
- Khaleej Times
Ahmedabad plane crash: India launches investigation into tragedy
[Editor's Note: Follow KT's live blog for all the latest updates on the Ahmedabad plane crash.] India's aviation minister said Thursday a formal investigation had been opened into the cause of the deadly air crash of a London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that killed at least 260 people. "Following the tragic incident in Ahmedabad, a formal investigation has been initiated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)," Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said in a statement, saying the government probe followed protocols set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). At the crash site, search teams worked into the early hours of Friday scouring the wreckage for clues — as well as to locate the black box flight recorders, which should provide information on the plane's final moments. Air India said the passengers included 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and a Canadian. Two pilots and 10 cabin crew were also aboard. Police said at least 260 people had been killed, including 19 people on the ground, but one passenger is believed to have survived. UK, US offer help The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has formally offered to help India. Investigators with the US National Transportation Safety Board will also assist on site. US planemaker Boeing said it was ready to support Air India and was "working to gather more information" on the incident. New Delhi's government said it was also setting up "a high-level committee comprising experts from multiple disciplines to examine the matter" and to "work to strengthen aviation safety and prevent such incidents in future", Kinjarapu added.
