Funerals for some Air India crash victims begin as other families await return of remains
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Authorities continued to survey the site of the Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people on June 15, 2025, as families awaited DNA profiling results to identify charred bodies. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board was heading for London's Gatwick Airport when it started losing altitude seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12. It erupted in a huge fireball as it crashed on nearby buildings. All but one person on board died in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. At least 30 people on the ground were also killed.
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South China Morning Post
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- South China Morning Post
Funerals for some Air India crash victims begin as other families await return of remains
For more on this story: Authorities continued to survey the site of the Air India plane crash that killed at least 271 people on June 15, 2025, as families awaited DNA profiling results to identify charred bodies. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board was heading for London's Gatwick Airport when it started losing altitude seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12. It erupted in a huge fireball as it crashed on nearby buildings. All but one person on board died in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. At least 30 people on the ground were also killed.
RTHK
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Air India flight returns to HK over mechanical issue
Air India flight returns to HK over mechanical issue The Air India aircraft involved in the Hong Kong incident is of the same model that crashed in India last week. File photo: Reuters An Air India flight departing from Hong Kong for New Delhi landed safely back in the SAR on Monday after the pilot reportedly decided to circle back over a suspected mechanical problem. Flight AI315 was back at Chek Lap Kok less than an hour after taking off. Indian media reported that the pilot detected a possible technical issue in mid-air for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. "[The cockpit] requested local standby at around 1pm today," the Hong Kong Airport Authority said in a statement. "The flight landed safely at around 1.15pm. The airport operations were not affected." The incident comes days after an Air India flight to London, using the same type of Boeing aircraft, crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad moments after take-off. All 242 people but one on board were killed. In total, at least 270 people were killed as Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area. (Additional reporting from Reuters)
South China Morning Post
7 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Air India Dreamliner turns back to Hong Kong following mid-air technical issue
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for New Delhi on Monday morning diverted back to its origin of Hong Kong after the pilot suspected a technical issue mid-air. Hong Kong Airport Authority said on Monday that AI315, a passenger flight operated by Air India from Hong Kong to New Delhi, turned back to the city's airport and requested a local standby at around 1pm, before landing safely at around 1.15pm. Air India said the pilot of the flight in question suspected there was a technical issue and decided to divert the plane to Hong Kong for safety precautions. Flight tracking app Flightradar24 showed that Air India flight AI315, which departed from Hong Kong to Delhi at 12.16pm on Monday after a delay of three and a half hours from its planned departure at 8.50am, returned to Hong Kong. The Post has approached the city's Civil Aviation Department for details. The model of AI315, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, is identical to the Air India plane that crashed minutes after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad last Thursday, the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade, killing more than 200 people.
