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Time of India
a day ago
- General
- Time of India
Police file accidental death case in Ahmedabad plane crash; agencies launch probe
The Ahmedabad city police have registered a case of accidental death in the Air India plane crash incident that claimed the lives of 265 people, including 241 passengers and crew members, officials said on Friday. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has already launched a formal investigation into the incident. Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other central agencies on Friday visited the plane crash site in Meghaninagar area, sources said. The London-bound Air India flight - Boeing 787 Dreamliner - with 230 passengers and 12 crew members on board crashed into a medical college complex in the city, moments after taking off from the airport on Thursday afternoon. The crash site, called 'Old IGP Campus', houses residential quarters of MBBS students and resident doctors of BJ Medical College affiliated to the Civil Hospital, which is close to the crash site. Live Events As per the accidental death report filed by the Meghaninagar police station on Thursday evening, they received the information about the crash and the resultant fire at around 1.44 pm on Thursday. During the firefighting operation, the police found that the majority of the passengers as well as crew members were charred to death and their bodies taken to civil hospital in ambulances, said the police report, adding that people living in doctors' residence also lost their lives in the crash. Deputy Chief Fire Officer Dhrumit Gandhi on Friday said the search and rescue operation concluded in the morning. "Our search and rescue operation came to an end in the morning and the site has been handed over to forensic experts as well as civil aviation officials. A team of firemen, equipped with tools such as metal cutters, are accompanying them to help them in clearing the debris for the purpose of the probe," he said. PTI
Time of India
a day ago
- Time of India
Efforts on to recover black box of crashed Air India plane: Officials
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Efforts are on recover the black box of the Air India flight AI 171 which crashed in Ahmedabad as its analysis will provide vital clues about what triggered the disaster, said police and Fire Brigade officials on Fire Brigade officials informed that a team with specialized equipment like metal cutters has been deployed to search the black box in the wreckage at the accident site in Meghaninagar near the airport, where the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft crashed on Thursday afternoon."Work is ongoing to find the black box," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Kanan Desai told clarified that no such thing as a digital video recorder of the flight has been said DVR (digital video recorder) of CCTV cameras of BJ Medical College hostel, where the plane crashed, has been taken into custody by police.A DVR is an electronic device designed to record and store video footage from CCTV department officials said they have been asked to assist in locating the black box of the plane."Our team is helping forensic and civil aviation experts in retrieving the black box. The team is equipped with specialized tools such as metal cutters," Deputy Chief Fire Officer Dhrumit Gandhi informed.A black box is a small device that records information about an aircraft during its flight. It helps in investigation of aviation London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed in Meghaninagar minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 13.39 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft (AI171) could be seen from afar, losing altitude rapidly and crashing in a ball of fire that sent plumes of thick black smoke spiralling up in the air.
The Hindu
a day ago
- The Hindu
Air India Ahmedabad air plane crash: Efforts on to recover black box, say officials
Efforts are on recover the black box of the Air India flight AI 171 which crashed in Ahmedabad as its analysis will provide vital clues about what triggered the disaster, said police and Fire Brigade officials on Friday (June 13, 2025). Ahmedabad Fire Brigade officials informed that a team with specialized equipment like metal cutters has been deployed to search the black box in the wreckage at the accident site in Meghaninagar near the airport, where the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft crashed on Thursday afternoon. "Work is ongoing to find the black box," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 4) Kanan Desai told PTI. She clarified that no such thing as a digital video recorder of the flight has been found. Sources said DVR (digital video recorder) of CCTV cameras of BJ Medical College hostel, where the plane crashed, has been taken into custody by police. A DVR is an electronic device designed to record and store video footage from CCTV cameras. Fire department officials said they have been asked to assist in locating the black box of the plane. "Our team is helping forensic and civil aviation experts in retrieving the black box. The team is equipped with specialized tools such as metal cutters," Deputy Chief Fire Officer Dhrumit Gandhi informed. A black box is a small device that records information about an aircraft during its flight. It helps in investigation of aviation accidents. The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed in Meghaninagar minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 13.39 pm. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft (AI171) could be seen from afar, losing altitude rapidly and crashing in a ball of fire that sent plumes of thick black smoke spiralling up in the air.
