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The 17-year-old who took mobile phone footage of Air India Flight 171 crashing in a huge fireball was visiting his dad in Ahmedabad - who says his son has been heavily impacted by the disaster
Air India Boeing 787 flight to London was canceled just days after the crash on June 12 that took the lives of over 290 people. Air India said the cancellation was due to "unavailability of the aircraft.
DGCA finds no major safety concerns in Air India's B787 fleet after checks on 26 of 33 aircraft, but urges improvements in maintenance coordination and spare part availability
As per flight tracking data, at least nine Air India flights that were to be operated using the Boeing 787 aircraft have been cancelled so far on Tuesday.
The aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board.
As part of ongoing investigations, the plane’s black boxes are being analysed. A black box records flight data, and includes a cockpit voice recorder for pilot exchanges and cockpit sounds. It will also pick up engine sounds. Today (Monday 16th) it’s been reported the cockpit recordings have been found.