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Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Business
- Malay Mail
Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia flights to Ahmedabad continue despite Air India tragedy, operations stable
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Flights by airlines from Malaysia to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, are unaffected and remain on schedule as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad is open for operations after temporary closure following the deadly crash of an Air India flight shortly after takeoff. Currently, AirAsia Malaysia operates five weekly flights from Kuala Lumpur to Ahmedabad, while Malaysia Airlines has eight direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Ahmedabad every week. In its latest post on X, Ahmedabad Airport said that all flight operations at the airport have resumed. 'For the latest flight information, please stay connected with your airline and our official updates,' it said. 'AirAsia continues to operate flights from/to Ahmedabad,' the low cost airline told Bernama when queried on its flight schedule to the city in western India. Similarly, Malaysia Airlines flights to the city are also not affected. An Air India flight bound for London and carrying 242 people, including 12 crew members, crashed on Thursday shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport. The flight AI171 departed at 1.38 pm local time. The crashed Boeing 787-8 aircraft had 169 Indian nationals, 53 British, one Canadian and seven Portuguese citizens on board. Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines extends its deepest condolences to all those affected by the tragic accident involving Air India, it said in its X platform. 'Our hearts are with the passengers, crew and their loved ones during this tragic time. We stand with Air India and all who have been impacted by this tragedy,' it said. Batik Air Malaysia also shared its deepest condolences to the people affected by the crash. 'Our deepest condolences and hearts go out to everyone affected by the Air India incident. In the skies, we may fly under different names, but in moments like this, we stand together as one aviation family. To the passengers, crew, and loved ones, you are in our thoughts,' it said. — Bernama
News.com.au
2 days ago
- General
- News.com.au
Air India pilot's desperate mayday call moments before deadly plane crash
The pilot of Air India's doomed flight out of Ahmedabad issued a desperate mayday call moments before smashing into a doctors' hostel, killing almost everyone on board. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal warned the plane was 'losing power' just 11 seconds after lift-off but could do nothing to avert the catastrophe. All but one of the 242 people on board the Air India plane were killed — with one man miraculously walking away with apparently minor injuries — and others lost their lives as the Dreamliner jet crashed into the hostel. Shortly after lift-off, the captain called out down his radio: 'Mayday ... no thrust, losing power, unable to lift'. Mr Sabharwal had years of experience and had racked up 8200 hours in the air. The plane had just a few hundred feet of altitude when the power apparently cut out. The two pilots wrestled for 17 seconds with the controls before the jet careened into the buildings below. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner lost contact just seconds after take-off, according to flight tracking website Flightradar. A final alert was last logged less than a minute after it started the journey from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, only ever reaching an altitude of 625 feet (190 metres). It has emerged the doomed jet had travelled in and out of Australia just last week. Air India confirmed on Thursday evening that just one person survived out of the 242 people on board. He is reported to be a 40-year-old British dad, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. The plane was headed to London Gatwick with 232 passengers and 10 crew members when it crashed just seconds after take-off. Along with dozens of Brits, 169 Indian nationals, a Canadian and seven Portuguese travellers were also on board. The Brits onboard who died include a family-of-three, a mother of three with her grandson, a pair of sisters and a wellness business couple. Names were emerging in a tragic drip-feed of information on Thursday evening. Among them were a British family from Gloucester: recruitment consultant Akeel Nanabawa, 36, his wife Hannaa, 30, and their four-year-old daughter Sara, were killed. A Facebook post from the Gloucester Muslim Community said: 'We are profoundly heartbroken by the devastating loss of life. During this moment of overwhelming sorrow, our hearts go out to all those left behind.' Mum-of-three Raxa Modha, 55, of Wellingborough, Northants., and her two-year-old grandson, Rudra, also died on the flight. Wellingborough mayor Raj Mishra said: 'May their memories be a blessing, and may we come together to support one another in this time of grief.'
The Sun
2 days ago
- General
- The Sun
Air India crash LIVE: Brit couple including celeb wellness guru feared to be on doomed jet named after ‘goodbye' video
Full video shows plane crash 40 seconds after take-off Harrowing CCTV footage has now been released showing the Boeing 787 taking off before appearing to lose power. Video shows the plane taxing down the runway before taking off at around 1.38pm local time from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. Footage shows the plane take to the sky - before it appears to stop climbing and then plummet back down to earth. The flight then crashed in a fireball into a doctor's hostel. Police are now hunting through the rubble and wreckage for any survivors. Watch the full video here.
