Air India has actually axed eight planned plane journeys following the crash that eliminated 270 people.
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The company's Gatwick-bound airplane bring 242 guests, including 53 British nationals, crashed simply minutes after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.
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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner careened back down to earth in the largely inhabited Meghani area of the city minutes after leaving the runway at about 1.40 pm local time (8.10 am BST) last Thursday.
Now planes earmarked to take a trip for Air India in between Paris, Vienna and Dubai have actually been called off - and authorities have actually also started checking Air India's entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said.
Factors involved consist of unavailability of aircraft, technical issues, airspace constraints and extended safety checks, the Guardian reported.
Meanwhile, another Air India flight on the same path as the plane that crashed recently has actually been cancelled since of 'preventive checks', the airline said.
Flight AI159 was planned to leave Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10 pm local time on Tuesday, and get here at London Gatwick airport at 6.25 pm BST.
Air India's website reveals the flight was initially postponed by one hour and 50 minutes but was later cancelled.
Air India's Gatwick-bound plane bring 242 passengers, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed simply minutes after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport last Thursday
People hold candle lights as they take part in a special prayer ceremony for the victims of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft
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A flight from Gatwick to Amritsar, India, set to leave at 8pm BST was also axed.
The cancelled flights were set up to be operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is the exact same type of airplane that crashed quickly after liftoff at Ahmedabad last Thursday.
An Air India representative stated: 'Flight AI 159 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick has been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the airplane,.
That was help to be resulting from airspace limitations and extra preventive checks, resulting in longer than normal turn-around of airplane, and not due to any technical snag as declared.
'We are sorry for the hassle triggered to our guests and have made alternative plans to fly them to their destination.'
The airline said impacted guests are being used hotel lodging and full refunds or rescheduling.
Last week's crash was one of the deadliest plane mishaps in regards to the variety of British nationals eliminated.
The Air India airplane struck a medical college hostel in a property part of Ahmedabad, eliminating 241 of the 242 people on board, 52 of whom were British.
The Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, consisting of two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff from an airport in Gujarat
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The sole making it through traveler was UK nationwide Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.
Among the victims were Akeel Nanawaba, Hannaa Vorajee and their child Sarah, 4, Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, Javed Ali Syed, his wife and two kids, Raxa Modha, her grandson Rudra and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar, and Ajaykumar Ramesh, the sibling of the tragedy's only survivor.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh (envisioned), who was seated in 11A, is British and informed the Hindustan Times he had lived in London for twenty years.
His bro Ajaykumar accompanied him on the flight and was sat on the other side of the aisle in seat 11J, however he regretfully perished in the fireball explosion.
Among the other victims were Akeel Nanawaba, 36, his wife Hannaa Vorajee, 30, and their daughter Sarah, 4, who had been flying home from a five-day family event when the Dreamliner crashed.
The effective young couple ran a global recruitment firm with offices in Ahmedabad and Gloucester.
Their stunned company partner Shoyeb Khan Nagori told MailOnline: 'I had dinner with them last night. They were a charming household and Akeel and his wife were extremely effective individuals.'
Mr Nagori stated he was too upset to discover the words to explain their daughter Sarah who had hung out with her grandpa throughout the brief check out.
Search and save teams respond to the scene of a plane crash in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 12, 2025
Debris is seen at the website where Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025
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He said: 'They were here to commemorate a household festival and to spend a long time with Akeel's dad.
'Akeel was a truly good guy, I'm in shock, we were all having supper together the night before.'
Mr Nagori was with hundreds of other family members of crash victims waiting on updates at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.
He founded recruitment business Iceberg Outsourcing Services with Mr Nanbawa, who was the handling director.
Javed Ali Syed, a hotel manager at the Best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel and his spouse Mariam were also travelers on the India Flight 171 today/
A video posted to social networks appeared to reveal the plane descending in a controlled manner with a high nose angle and landing equipment released/
The airplane for a short time disappeared from view behind trees and buildings.
Recently widowed Raxa Modha, 55, her grandson two-year-old Rudra, and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar are all believed to have actually been onboard the ill-fated airliner.
Wreckage of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner lies at the site where the Air India aircraft crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025
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Mrs Modha had actually been in India for some time fulfilling the passing away dream of her ill hubby Kishor who had wanted to live out his last days in his homeland.
Following his current passing, the mother-of-three was returning with her family to their home in Northamptonshire when catastrophe struck today.
In a twist of fate, Kishan Modha - the toddler's dad and Raxa's boy - had actually likewise remained in India however was not on the flight as he was due to capture another tomorrow.
Speaking to MailOnline, a household good friend stated: 'It's extremely unfortunate, the entire family is currently grieving Kishor's death.
Air hostess Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was named by local media as being on board the unfortunate Flight 171/
Neighbours at her family's removed home in Wellingborough said Mrs Modha is a 'lovely girl'.
They stated she had actually remained in India for an extended duration to support her partner who was fighting a health problem.
The mayor for Wellingborough, Raj Mishra used his acknowledgements to the household on a post on Facebook including it was devastating for the local neighborhood.
Rescuers operate at the website of a plane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025
Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, miraculously made it through the airplane catastrophe. Pictured: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) conference with Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in an Ahmedabad hospital
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'I extend my inmost acknowledgements to their households, pals, and all those affected by this heartbreaking event,' he included.
Aviation experts state that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may have unexpectedly lost power 'at the most important stage of flight' after departure.
The possible causes are thought to consist of a quick modification in wind or a bird strike resulting in a double engine stall.
Officials from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau are now at the scene to carry out an analysis of the wreckage and retrieve the stricken jet's black box.
Videos reveals the aircraft quickly losing elevation - with its nose up - before it struck a structure and emerged in a violent surge.
Initially, the aircraft appears to be descending in a controlled way with a high nose angle and landing equipment released.
It then briefly vanishes from view behind trees and structures before a huge fireball unexpectedly appears on the horizon.
A huge trail of smoke can subsequently be seen billowing from the crash website.
The aircraft's sole survivor in health center with a bloodied face and injuries after the terrible crash, which declared the life of his more youthful bro
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Other video reveal a huge cloud of black smoke filling the sky as distressed observers collect in the streets of the Indian city as mayhem unfolds.
Footage also showed pieces of the plane's fuselage and tail extending from a demolished structure.
Firefighters at the scene splashed the smouldering stacks of particles with their hose pipes as photos and videos taken by horrified residents in Meghani showed a big plume of thick black smoke originating from the crash website.
The flight supposedly reached an altitude of just 625 feet before it started to descend, according to flight tracking service Flightradar 24,.
The organisation said the plane's transponder signal dropped just seconds after it left the runway.
Flightradar 24 added:" We received the last signal from the aircraft at 08:08:51 UTC, simply seconds after take off. '
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the plane sent out a mayday call minutes before the crash.
Air India's chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran shared a declaration that read: 'With profound sorrow I verify that Air India Flight 171 running Ahmedabad London Gatwick was involved in an awful mishap yesterday.
Astonishing footage showed the guy ignoring the scene with some visible injuries to his face
Air India's chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has posted a declaration
'It is very disappointing that it is a Dreamliner as it is a state-of-the-art Boeing. We can not rule out security issues. But this is all speculation on my part.'
'Our ideas and inmost acknowledgements are with the families and loved among all those affected by this devastating event
'At this moment, our primary focus is on supporting all the affected individuals and their families.
'We are doing whatever in our power to help the emergency situation reaction groups at the website and to provide all necessary support and care to those affected.'
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