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Indian Express
11 hours ago
- General
- Indian Express
17 from Maharashtra killed in Air India crash: Pilot, 4 of family among dead
Cities Clive Kunder — the first officer on Air India's London-bound flight that crashed right after takeoff from Ahmedabad — was only two months away from his wedding. Among the other victims were Javed Ali Syed and his family members.
Indian Express
12 hours ago
- General
- Indian Express
17 from Maharashtra die in Air India crash: First officer weeks away from wedding, 4 of a family
Clive Kunder — the first officer on Air India's London-bound flight that crashed right after takeoff from Ahmedabad — was only two months away from his wedding. The 32-year-old, whose mother was a former Air India flight attendant, recently started flying long haul international flights and clocked over 1,110 hours. Kunder, a graduate of aircraft maintenance course of the Bombay Flying Club, underwent flying training from Florida. Kunder lived alone in Goregaon while his parents and sister are based in Sydney. Beside Kunder in the cockpit was Sumeet Sabharwal (60) from Powai, who was set to retire soon. A total of 17 people from Maharashtra were killed in the tragedy in Ahmedabad. Mulund resident Shraddha Dhawan (44), a senior cabin supervisor with Air India, was also on the fateful plane. She worked with the airline for more than two decades. Her husband, CK Rajesh, is also a cabin crew member and the couple has a 13-year-old son. Aparna Mahadik, a 42-year-old resident of Goregaon, was another senior flight attendant on the plane. Her husband, Amol Mahadik, too, works with Air India as a cabin staff. Aparna belongs to a political family as her husband is the nephew of NCP leader Sunil Tatkare. Among the other crew members who died in the plane crash are Saineeta Chakravarty (35), a resident of Juhu Koliwada who was recently recruited into Air India, Maithili Patil (24) of Nhava village near Panvel, social media influencer Roshni Songhare from Dombivli and Deepak Pathak from Badlapur, who had been an Air India crew member for 11 years. Among the passengers were Asha Pawar and Mahadev Pawar, an elderly couple from Sangola in Maharashtra, who were residing in Gujarat. They were travelling to London to meet their son. Family members confirmed that the journey had been planned for a long time. Yasha Kamdar, who hails from Nagpur and is married to a family from Porbandar, was flying with her two-month-old son Rudra and mother-in-law Rakshabhen to London for a prayer and condolence meet for her father-in-law. Her husband, Kishan Modha, who runs a battery business, escaped the tragedy as postponed his travel plan last minute. 'We knew that they were on the flight, but we were not informed of their death. My son has given his DNA samples at the hospital and we are waiting now,' said Manish Kamdar, Yasha's father. Among the other victims were Javed Ali Syed and his family members. Syed, a resident of Kensington in the United Kingdom, had come to Mumbai along with his wife Mariam and their two children to spend Eid with family members in Malad. 'He visited us to see our mother who recently had a heart attack, also coinciding with Eid,' said Imtiaz Ali Syed, Javed's brother from Mumbai. As there was non-availability of tickets from Mumbai, they decided to take the flight from Ahmedabad. All four were killed.
Hans India
12 hours ago
- Business
- Hans India
DGCA orders Air India to carry out more checks on Boeing 787 fleet after tragic plane crash
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India's Boeing 787-8/9 fleet, following the devastating crash of the Tata Group airline's London-bound flight, within seconds of take-off from the Ahmedabad airport, in which 241 people were killed on Thursday. As a preventive measure, DGCA has directed Air India to carry out additional maintenance actions on 8787-8/9 aircraft equipped with Genx engines with immediate effect in coordination with the concerned regional offices of the DGCA. These include a one-time check before departure of flight from India with effect from June 15 onwards, inspection of fuel parameter monitoring and associated system checks, as well as inspection of cabin air compressor and associated systems. Air India also has to carry out electronic engine control system test, engine fuel-driven actuator-operational test, and oil system check. Besides, the airline has to carry out a serviceability check of the aircraft hydraulic system, review of take-off parameters, and introduce 'Flight Control Inspection' in transit inspection till further notice. Air India also has to undertake power assurance checks within two weeks and closure of maintenance action based upon the review of repetitive snags during the last 15 days on 8787-8/9 aircraft at the earliest. The report of these above checks has to be submitted to the DGCA for review, the order further states. The black box of Air India's ill-fated Flight AI171 has been recovered, and investigations have begun to find out the cause of the crash. Meanwhile, experienced pilots are of the view that it could have been a twin-engine failure of the Boeing Dreamliner, which could be due to a bird hit or contaminated fuel or blockage of fuel or a combination of these factors. Indian investigators will be joined by experts from the US and UK in the coming days to carry out the probe. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was flown by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who had over 8,000 hours of flying and his co-pilot Clive Kunder, who had over 1,000 hours of experience. Immediately after take-off, the pilots gave a Mayday call, after which there was no response from the pilots, and the plane came crashing to the ground and hit a medical college building as it went up in flames.
The Independent
12 hours ago
- General
- The Independent
‘Unable to lift': Pilot's desperate mayday call as Air India plane went down
The captain of an Air India flight that crashed in Gujarat issued a desperate mayday call reporting a loss of power and thrust shortly after takeoff. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a highly experienced pilot with more than 8,200 flying hours, died alongside 241 others when the London Gatwick -bound plane smashed into a building on Thursday morning. 'Mayday,' Sabharwal said in a desperate last call to air traffic controllers as the aircraft struggled to gain altitude after leaving the runway. 'No thrust, losing power, unable to lift.' The sole survivor, British citizen Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, described a loud noise 30 seconds after takeoff, before the plane crashed. First Officer Clive Kunder, assisting Captain Sabharwal, was certified to operate the Boeing 787 but had not yet logged the required 1,500 flying hours to qualify as a commander.
India.com
13 hours ago
- Business
- India.com
DGCA Orders Air India To Carry Out More Checks On Boeing 787 Fleet After Tragic Plane Crash
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India's Boeing 787-8/9 fleet, following the devastating crash of the Tata Group airline's London-bound flight, within seconds of take-off from the Ahmedabad airport, in which 241 people were killed on Thursday. As a preventive measure, the DGCA has directed Air India to carry out additional maintenance actions on 8787-8/9 aircraft equipped with Genx engines with immediate effect in coordination with the regional offices concerned of the DGCA. These include a one-time check before departure of flight from India with effect from June 15 onwards, inspection of fuel parameter monitoring and associated system checks, as well as inspection of cabin air compressor and associated systems. Air India also has to carry out an electronic engine control system test, an engine fuel-driven actuator-operational test, and an oil system check. Besides, the airline has to carry out a serviceability check of the aircraft hydraulic system, review of take-off parameters, and introduce 'Flight Control Inspection' in transit inspection till further notice. Air India also has to undertake power assurance checks within two weeks and closure of maintenance action based upon the review of repetitive snags during the last 15 days on 8787-8/9 aircraft at the earliest. The report of these above checks has to be submitted to the DGCA for review, the order further states. The black box of Air India's ill-fated Flight AI171 has been recovered, and investigations have begun to find out the cause of the crash. Meanwhile, experienced pilots are of the view that it could have been a twin-engine failure of the Boeing Dreamliner, which could be due to a bird hit or contaminated fuel or blockage of fuel or a combination of these factors. Indian investigators will be joined by experts from the US and UK in the coming days to carry out the probe. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was flown by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who had over 8,000 hours of flying and his co-pilot Clive Kunder, who had over 1,000 hours of experience. Immediately after take-off, the pilots gave a Mayday call, after which there was no communication from the pilots, and the plane came crashing to the ground, hitting a medical college building as it went up in flames.
