Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Aviation experts back Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner for its modern design and safety equipment but suggest their can be multiple reasons behind the aviation tragedy. Aviation expert Ajay Ramakrishnan suggested failure of power engines behind the crash.
A day after the deadly Air India plane crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad which killed more than 240 people, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued directives regarding the use of Boeing engine models 787-8 and 787-9 in aircrafts.
India has traditionally friendly relations with Iran but it is coming closer to Israel now. It is also significant because Israel supported India openly during recent India-Pakistan skirmishes.
Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran on Friday wrote an emotional letter to employees, expressing grief and solidarity in the wake of the tragic Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad airport, which claimed 241 lives.
These condolence messages of Shehbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari over the Ahmedabad Plane Crash may look formal during normal times, but these are significant considering the bitterness and tensions that developed during and before the clashes last month.
The ill-fated Air India aircraft that crashed Thursday in Ahmedabad was 11 years old. The Tata Group-owned company is the airline with one of the oldest fleets, with 70 of its aircraft being one decade old. Is there a DGCA guideline? Was Ahmedabad Plane Crash a result of flying old aircraft?
A day after the tragic Air India aircraft crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, the aviation body has ordered fuel and engine system checks for every Air India Boeing Dreamliner flights.
