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Hindustan Times
24-07-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Plane crashes in Russia, India, US: 2025 deadliest in years in aviation safety
The plane crash in Russia that is feared to have claimed 49 lives on Thursday comes barely a month-and-a-half after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad. Even before the July 24 crash in Russia's eastern Amur region, the year 2025 was already way above the past decade's average of deaths in air crashes per year. A large portion of the damaged plane fuselage is lifted from the Potomac river during recovery efforts after the American Airlines crash. (Getty Images/AFP) The number of civil aviation fatalities in 2025 had crossed 460 after the Ahmedabad crash claimed 260 lives. The average over the past decade is 284, as per Jan-Arwed Richter, founder of Jacdec, a German consulting firm that tracks aviation safety. Now, if the Russia crash indeed causes the number of deaths feared — all 49 onboard — the total for 2025 will cross 500, which will be almost double the average. In between, an air force jet crash in Bangladesh caused 29 deaths, most of them civilians on the ground. Year began with American Airlines collision In January, American Airlines Group Flight 5342 collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington. It killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft — 64 passengers and crew on the airliner and three crew on the helicopter. A day after that crash, on January 29, the African nation of South Sudan saw a smaller plane, a Beechcraft 1900D, on a charter transporting oil workers crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 20 out of 21 on board. January ended with another crash in the US, this one of an air ambulance in Philadelphia that killed eight people. The Bering Air Flight 445 in Alaska first went missing and then its wrckage was found a day later, on February 7. All 10 onboard were dead. Those onboard the Delta Connection Flight 4819 from Minneapolis-Saint Paul in the US to Toronto, Canada, were lucky as no one was killed even as the plane crashed upon landing on February 17. In Honduras, a charter, a plane crashed into the sea, which killed 13 of the 18 passengers and crew. Singer-politician Aurelio Martinez was among the victims. April saw a crash in the US again, when a helicopter on a sightseeing tour in New Jersey crashed into the Hudson river, killing all five passengers and the pilot. Boeing 737 shot down amid civil war A strange but deadly crash took place on May 3, when a cargo Boeing 737-290C Advanced was shot down in the city of Nyala by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), owing to suspicion that it was carrying weapons for the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) engaged in a civil war. Twenty people died. The US saw a crash in May too. On May 22, a Cessna plane crashed in San Diego, killing six people onboard. Ahmedabad tragedy On June 12, India saw the biggest air disaster in its history when Air India Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London crashed soon after takeoff. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 passengers and crew, all of whom, except one passenger, died. Another 19 people were killed on the ground as it crashed second after takeoff onto a nearby medical college and hostel. A month later, on July 13, a smaller plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in Essex, UK. Four occupants died. Then came the Bangladesh disaster when the air force plane crashed on a school building. On July 24, Thursday, a Russian passenger plane carrying 49 people, including six crew members, crashed in the eastern Amur region.
Time of India
10-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Kolkata to get back air link to Nepal after 11 months, direct flights from September 1
1 2 Kolkata: After a gap of nearly eleven months, Kolkata is set to have direct flight connectivity with Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. Travellers between Kolkata and Kathmandu currently have to travel via Delhi. Buddha Air, Nepal's largest private airline, will touch down in Kolkata on Sept 1. The airline, which operates a fleet of 18 ATR turboprop regional aircraft, will deploy a 70-seater ATR 72-500 on the Kolkata-Kathmandu sector. The airline will operate four flights a week — on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Buddha Air operated flights to Kolkata between May and Dec 2019 before they were withdrawn due to a combination of poor load and the Covid-19 pandemic effect. At that time, Air India used to operate four flights a week between Kathmandu and Kolkata. The airline suspended operations to Kathmandu in Oct last year. Sister carrier Air India Express, which was supposed to start service on the sector this March, delayed its plans. Kolkata is Buddha Air's second port of call in India. It has been operating flights to Varanasi for a decade. Buddha Air has been operating in Nepal since Oct, 1997 when it flew 16 people to Mt Everest and back in a Beechcraft 1900D aircraft. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Launch: 2/3/4 BHK Luxury in Panvel L&T Panvel Enquire Now Undo It currently operates an all-ATR fleet of 16 ATR 72-500 and two ATR 42-320 aircraft that do 160 flights a day to connect 15 destinations. In Nepal, Buddha Air flies to Kathmandu, Pokhara, Bharatpur, and Janakpur, among others. Travel Agents Federation of India national committee member Anil Punjabi said the introduction of flights would help revive tourism to Nepal from the east. "It is a repeat destination for those with families on both sides of the border as well as those keen on casinos. All that one requires is a govt ID like a Voter ID cards to travel," he said, adding that the only challenge is that Indian currency notes of Rs 500 denomination are not accepted in the neighbouring country. Travel Agents Association of India national committee member Manav Soni said the airline would not have difficulty filling up its seats but needed to be consistent in its operations. "Flight cancellation can impact passenger confidence," he opined.
