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Daily Mail
25-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Air India issues statement after top officials seen partying
Air India has issued a statement after a video showing the top officials of one of the airline's joint ventures partying went viral just days after the deadly plane crash that killed 270. Air India SATS (AISATS), which is owned by Air India Ltd and Singapore-based SATS Ltd, is a provider of airport ground handling and cargo handling services in India. The joint venture was responsible for preparing the load sheet for the Ahmedabad–London Gatwick leg of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that went down on June 12. Footage reportedly shows AISATS' Chief Operating Officer Abraham Zachariah dancing with other members of staff while music blares in the background, which was said to be taken during a party at the firm's Gurugam office on June 20. The video, which has gone viral on social media, has sparked outrage as it came at a time when families of victims were waiting to receive the remains of their loved ones. 'How could they? Even if it was planned earlier. It could [have] been postponed', on X account wrote. Another said: 'Pathetic and highly insensitive', while a third said: 'You should be ashamed of yourselves. I hope you clowns are grounded.' In a statement to Indian news agency IANS, the company said: 'AISATS is aware of a video being circulated on social media that unfortunately is completely out of context. 'Notwithstanding, we sincerely regret any emotional discomfort this may have caused.' MailOnline has reached out to AISATS for comment. Hundreds of relatives of crash victims had to provide their DNA samples to identify their loved ones, as most of the bodies were charred or mutilated, making them unrecognisable. The causes of the crash are still being investigated. Air India said that there were 169 passengers on board, 53 British, seven Portuguese and a Canadian, as well as 12 crew members. At least 38 people were also killed on the ground as the doomed Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner came down in a residential area moments after takeoff. British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40 from Leicester, was named as the sole survivor of the crash, and was discharged from hospital to be a pallbearer at the funeral of his brother, who was also on the flight. Astonishing footage taken near the crash site showed Mr Ramesh with visible injuries hobbling away from the jet before he was rushed to hospital for treatment. He told doctors that immediately after the plane took off, it began descending and suddenly split in two, ejecting him before there was a loud explosion. Speaking to Indian broadcaster Doordarshan, Mr Ramesh said: 'I don't know how I came out of it alive. 'For a while, I thought I was about to die. But when I opened my eyes, I saw I was alive. And I opened my seatbelt and got out of there,' adding how two cabin crew members 'died before my eyes.'
Daily Mail
25-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Air India issues statement after video of 'staff party' goes viral just days after plane crash
Air India has issued a statement after a video showing the top officials of one of the airline's joint ventures partying went viral just days after the deadly plane crash that killed 270. Air India SATS (AISATS), which is owned by Air India Ltd and Singapore-based SATS Ltd, is a provider of airport ground handling and cargo handling services in India. The joint venture was responsible for preparing the load sheet for the Ahmedabad–London Gatwick leg of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that went down on June 12. Footage reportedly shows AISATS' Chief Operating Officer Abraham Zachariah dancing with other members of staff while music blares in the background, which was said to be taken during a party at the firm's Gurugam office on June 20. The video, which has gone viral on social media, has sparked outrage as it came at a time when families of victims were waiting to receive the remains of their loved ones. 'How could they? Even if it was planned earlier. It could [have] been postponed', on X account wrote. Another said: 'Pathetic and highly insensitive', while a third said: 'You should be ashamed of yourselves. I hope you clowns are grounded.' In a statement to Indian news agency IANS, the company said: 'AISATS is aware of a video being circulated on social media that unfortunately is completely out of context. The video, which has gone viral on social media, has sparked outrage as it came at a time when families of victims were waiting to receive the remains of their loved ones. Pictured: Family members of Lawrence Christian, a victim of the June 12 Air India plane crash, grieve during his funeral in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, June 22, 2025 'Notwithstanding, we sincerely regret any emotional discomfort this may have caused.' MailOnline has reached out to AISATS for comment. Hundreds of relatives of crash victims had to provide their DNA samples to identify their loved ones, as most of the bodies were charred or mutilated, making them unrecognisable. The causes of the crash are still being investigated. Air India said that there were 169 passengers on board, 53 British, seven Portuguese and a Canadian, as well as 12 crew members. At least 38 people were also killed on the ground as the doomed Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner came down in a residential area moments after takeoff. British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40 from Leicester, was named as the sole survivor of the crash, and was discharged from hospital to be a pallbearer at the funeral of his brother, who was also on the flight. Astonishing footage taken near the crash site showed Mr Ramesh with visible injuries hobbling away from the jet before he was rushed to hospital for treatment. Mourners carry the coffins of victims who died in the Air India Flight 171 crash, for funeral ceremony in Ahmedabad on June 21, 2025 He told doctors that immediately after the plane took off, it began descending and suddenly split in two, ejecting him before there was a loud explosion. Speaking to Indian broadcaster Doordarshan, Mr Ramesh said: 'I don't know how I came out of it alive. 'For a while, I thought I was about to die. But when I opened my eyes, I saw I was alive. And I opened my seatbelt and got out of there,' adding how two cabin crew members 'died before my eyes.' His seat was placed right next to the emergency door, which he says came off when the plane hit the ground. Mr Ramesh also described how just moments after take off, it 'felt like the plane had got stuck.' He recalled how the pilots tried to raise the jet, but it 'went full speed and crashed into the building'.
The Sun
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Tom Fletcher forced to apologise for ‘insensitive' post about his flight after devastating Air India crash
TOM Fletcher has apologised after posting an "insensitive" Instagram photo after the fatal Air India crash. He deleted a post about flying a plane while listening to the Foo Fighters song Learn to Fly. 4 4 4 On Thursday it was revealed that an Air India plane burst into a fireball while carrying 242 people, including 53 Brits, flying to London Gatwick airport. A British man miraculously survived the crash after jumping off the flaming jet and was filmed walking away from the wreckage. After reading the reports, McFly singer Tom, 38, wrote: "Sorry, I've only just seen the terrible news about the Air India crash. "So awful. Had I known earlier, I obviously wouldn't have posted about my flight today. The former Strictly Come Dancing star continued: "I understand why that must have looked insensitive and have deleted it. Thanks for letting me know. "My whole heart goes out to everyone involved in the crash and all their friends & families." Tom got his license to fly in 2008 when he was just 23 years old. He previously said he would have been a pilot if he wasn't in McFly. Tom apologised after Mark Wright was slammed for moaning about leg room on his flight after the tragic Air India crash. The former Towie star, 38, posted a snap of himself with wife Michelle Keegan and baby Palma posing in front of a private plane, as he moaned about the leg room on standard jets. Mark Wright slammed for 'poor taste' post about planes as 265 killed in horror Air India crash Appearing completely oblivious to the day's events, Mark wrote alongside it: '1 day babe, for now we'll take row 26 with no extra leg room.' His followers were quick to point out his lack of sensitivity, with one person commenting: 'Prob not the best day to post this when so many people lost their lives on a plane.' A second said: 'Not really appropriate to put this up after today's plane crash.' While a third wrote: 'Poor taste given today's event.' And a fourth added: 'What a time to choose to post this.' Radio DJ Mark has since deleted the post and blamed it on an admin error. He wrote: "I apologise for a post I just put up on my page after today's heartbreaking events. "I have posts from a holiday that are on the scheduled setting, which go out on future days I have set them for which was done last week. It's a horrendous coincidence that today's post was on such a devastating day. "Once I logged in to my Instagram and realised the post had gone out, I immediately deleted. My heart goes out to everyone who has been effected from today. I'm sorry for this mistake and any offence caused." At least 265 people were killed - including those on the plane and on the ground - when the Air India flight crashed into a hostel seconds after take off. According to flight tracking website Flightradar, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner's final signal was received just seconds after take-off. This was last logged at 1:38pm local time - less than a minute after it started the journey. King Charles II said he was "desperately shocked" by Thursday's air crash in India, sending "prayers and deepest possible sympathies" to the families of those affected. "My wife and I have been desperately shocked by the terrible events in Ahmedabad this morning," the monarch wrote on Instagram, calling it a "heartbreaking and traumatic time".
News.com.au
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘S**t joke': Aussie disability campaigner heckles British comedian over ‘insenstive' jokes
An Australian disability campaigner has slammed a British comedian over jokes about Type 1 diabetes. Campaigner Carmen Azzopardi was watching Paul Foot at the Moth Club in Hackney, in London's inner east, when the comedian launched into a 10-minute set filled with jokes about diabetics. In a video she shared on TikTok, Azzopardi claimed that Foot poked fun at people who wear glucose monitors, before mimicking someone having a hypoglycaemic attack by shaking. He also allegedly told the crowd that diabetics that suffer such episodes while wearing medical tech to help prevent them are 'idiots' because they 'don't know how to use their technology'. She said the comedian suggested diabetics have a 'victim mentality' and that it's 'not a real illness'. Speaking up during Foot's set, Azzopardi shouted from the audience: 'That was a s*** joke. I have Type 1 diabetes, that was extremely insensitive and miss-informative.' Foot rebuffed Azzopardi's heckling, insisting that he wasn't being insensitive toward people who live with diabetes. 'I don't think it's up to you to decide if it's insensitive or not,' continued the disability campaigner. The comedian then insisted that 'comedy is subjective' before going on to hit back at the Aussie woman for making the end of his set 'awkward' for everyone in the audience. 'Due to the failure of you to grasp that simple intellectual point, cause you fail to grasp the difference between these issues, cause of that it's ending in an awkward way,' he said. Foot then called out Azzopardi for talking during the end of his set and told the audience that she was on the 'emotional side' of an 'intellectual argument'. Azzopardi later added that the entire incident was 'deeply embarrassing' for the British comedian. 'All in all, deeply embarrassing for him, deeply, deeply sickening to witness as someone who is living with that disease,' she said in the TikTok video. 'It's probably one of the most blatant acts of ableism that I have ever personally experienced since being diagnosed with this illness, because that's what it is, it's an illness, not a punch line to a joke. I've never heckled/interrupted/called out during a show before but this was absolutely beyond disgusting and someone needed to say something.' Comments on TikTok were divided, with Aussie radio host Abbie Chatfield remarking: 'What a f**king loser … what is this niche diabetes beef???? Well done for standing up for yourself and others queen.' 'This is so weird? Did someone with diabetes break up with him? This is such a random gripe to have,' quizzed another. However, others inferred that the campaigner needed to grow a thicker skin when going to comedy shows. 'I understand how insensitive that must have felt but isn't this what comedy shows and satire is? It's joking and making fun of sometimes serious topics,' replied one. With another commenting: 'While I admit his jokes definitely weren't funny I don't agree with the 'you're so brave standing up' culture. I was at a gig were someone kicked off about a joke aimed at wearing glasses, it's a joke it's not real. If you are offended by jokes, even bad ones, just don't go to comedy shows.'
Daily Mail
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Aussie is praised for booing at UK comedian after 'deeply sickening' joke sparks heated back and forth in front of audience: 'That was extremely insensitive'
An Aussie disability campaigner has been praised after furiously hitting out at an English comedian over a 'deeply sickening' joke about diabetes. Carmen Azzopardi, a type 1 diabetic, was appalled when Paul Foot launched into a ten minute skit on diabetes sufferers during his show at the Moth Club in Hackney, east London, last Wednesday. Ms Azzopardi called out the comedian on stage but Foot hit back and said he disagreed his comments were 'insensitive'. In the ten minute skit, Ms Azzopardi claimed Foot 'made fun of people' who wear continuous glucose monitors - a device diabetics use to keep track of their blood glucose levels. He then mimicked a diabetic having a hypoglycaemic episode by shaking on stage, before suggesting they die after suffering a heart attack. In footage shared on TikTok by Ms Azzopardi, she could be heard booing and calling out the comedian following the skit. 'That was a s*** joke. I have type 1 diabetes, that was extremely insensitive and mis-informative,' she said. Foot hit back and said he didn't believe he was being insensitive as he attempted to continue his set. 'I don't think it's up to you to decide if it's insensitive or not,' Ms Azzopardi said. The pair continued to clash in a tense exchange as the comedian argued 'comedy is subjective' while the audience could be heard nervously laughing intermittently. Foot went on to blame her for the show's 'awkward' ending. 'Due to the failure of you to grasp that simple intellectual point, cause you fail to grasp the difference between these issues, cause of that it's ending in an awkward way,' he said. Ms Azzopardi said her friends urged her to leave the gig, but she wanted to stand her ground and avoid the comedian making fun of her once she had left. Foot then called out Ms Azzopardi for talking while he was finishing up his set and said they would never agree over his comments as he was sharing 'an intellectual argument' while she was on 'the emotional side'. The disability campaigner explained why she was angered by Foot's comments in a video following the exchange. 'All in all, deeply embarrassing for him, deeply deeply sickening to witness as someone who is living with that disease,' Ms Azzopardi said. 'It's probably one of the most blatant acts of ableism that I have ever personally experienced since being diagnosed with this illness, because that's what it is, it's an illness, not a punch line to a joke.' Social media users overwhelmingly agreed with Ms Azzopardi. 'Is the joke in the room with us? I don't understand which part is meant to be funny. Well done for calling him out!' one said. 'This is so weird? Did someone with diabetes break up with him? This is such a random gripe to have,' another wrote. 'Why were people laughing? Not a single thing in this clip was funny,' a third added. 'I have type 1 diabetes and I used to do stand up and there is a way to make tasteful jokes about YOUR own illness and experience but this ain't it,' a third said. However, disagreeing with the campaigner, one wrote: 'God forbid a comedian tells a joke.'
