Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington flights from Sept 1
The announcement comes two months after the airline's London-bound 787-8 Dreamliner plane crashed in Ahmedabad moments after take-off. Only one of the 242 passengers and crew on board survived the June 12 crash, which also killed nearly twenty people on the ground.
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Air India under DGCA lens again, this time for violating 10-hour flight time rule: ‘Failed to ensure compliance'
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