India probing all angles in Air India crash, says minister
NEW DELHI: An Indian aviation minister on Sunday said investigators were probing "all angles" behind an Air India crash when asked by media about possible sabotage.
All but one of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were killed when it crashed in the western city of Ahmedabad on June 12.
Authorities have identified 19 others who died on the ground, but a police source told AFP after the crash that the toll was 38.
India's minister of state for civil aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, said the investigation was looking at "all angles" when asked specifically about possible "sabotage", in an interview with Indian news channel NDTV.
"It has never happened before that both engines have shut off together," Mohol said earlier in the interview, in reference to theories by some experts of possible dual-engine failure.
The minister added that until the investigation report is published, it would be premature to comment on the cause.
The team appointed to investigate the crash started extracting data from the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders this week, in an attempt to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the disaster.
Air India has said that the plane was "well-maintained" and that the pilots were accomplished flyers.-AFP
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Sun
17 hours ago
- The Sun
Migrant boat sinks off Italy, leaving one dead, 87 survivors
ROME: A migrant boat sank between Tunisia and Italy, leaving one woman dead, though the Italian coastguard managed to rescue 87 survivors, the Red Cross told AFP Monday. After setting out from La Louza in Tunisia, the fishing boat sank in the middle of the night when it was approximately 45 miles (72 kilometres) from Italy's Lampedusa island, according to Italian media. Tunisian fishermen in the area alerted Italian authorities, they said, adding that at least five or six migrants were believed to be still missing. The rescued migrants, all from sub-Saharan Africa, were transported to a reception centre in Lampedusa for care, according to the Italian Red Cross, which runs the centre. It said the coastguard had recovered the body of a drowned woman. As of June 30, 29,903 migrants have landed on Italian shores this year, including 5,146 unaccompanied minors, according to Italy's interior ministry. That was slightly higher than last year during the same period but less than half of 2023, when 65,519 migrants arrived from January until the end of June. Most of those arriving in Italy from north Africa come via the central Mediterranean route, one of the world's deadliest. Last year, the International Organization for Migration recorded 2,452 people who died while crossing the Mediterranean in the hopes of reaching Europe. There were an estimated 3,155 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean in 2023. The figure has been on the rise since a low of 1,450 in 2020, according to the IOM.
New Straits Times
2 days ago
- New Straits Times
India probing all angles in Air India crash, says minister
NEW DELHI: An Indian aviation minister on Sunday said investigators were probing "all angles" behind an Air India crash when asked by media about possible sabotage. All but one of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were killed when it crashed in the western city of Ahmedabad on June 12. Authorities have identified 19 others who died on the ground, but a police source told AFP after the crash that the toll was 38. India's minister of state for civil aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, said the investigation was looking at "all angles" when asked specifically about possible "sabotage", in an interview with Indian news channel NDTV. "It has never happened before that both engines have shut off together," Mohol said earlier in the interview, in reference to theories by some experts of possible dual-engine failure. The minister added that until the investigation report is published, it would be premature to comment on the cause. The team appointed to investigate the crash started extracting data from the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders this week, in an attempt to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the disaster. Air India has said that the plane was "well-maintained" and that the pilots were accomplished flyers.-AFP
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
India plane crash probe looking at all angles: minister
NEW DELHI: An Indian aviation minister on Sunday said investigators were probing 'all angles' behind an Air India crash when asked by media about possible sabotage. All but one of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were killed when it crashed in the western city of Ahmedabad on June 12. Authorities have identified 19 others who died on the ground, but a police source told AFP after the crash that the toll was 38. India's minister of state for civil aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, said the investigation was looking at 'all angles' when asked specifically about possible 'sabotage', in an interview with Indian news channel NDTV. 'It has never happened before that both engines have shut off together,' Mohol said earlier in the interview, in reference to theories by some experts of possible dual-engine failure. The minister added that until the investigation report is published, it would be premature to comment on the cause. The team appointed to investigate the crash started extracting data from the plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders this week, in an attempt to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the disaster. Air India has said that the plane was 'well-maintained' and that the pilots were accomplished flyers.
