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A chilling new video has emerged from the site of the devastating Air India Flight AI-171 crash, showing Vishwash Kumar Ramesh — the sole survivor of the tragedy — walking away from the smouldering wreckage with smoke billowing behind him. pic.twitter.com/Xln3BgmdIr
Incredible new footage shows the sole survivor of the devastating Air India crash walking away calmly from the wreckage — as the aircraft explodes in a huge fireball behind him.
Air India flight makes precautionary return to Hong Kong as the airline mourns 241 victims of recent crash that left only one survivor.
A post doing the rounds on WhatsApp claims that the AAIB probe revealed that a double engine failure was the reason behind the Ahmedabad plane crash.
Another Air India Dreamliner Returns Mid-Air Amid Rising Safety Concerns After Fatal Ahmedabad Crash
The incidents follow the devastating Ahmedabad crash involving an Air India 787-8 last week, which claimed 270 lives, including passengers and civilians on the ground. The aircraft crashed into a medical college campus shortly after take-off, triggering a massive blaze.
Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.
Air India's Chairman N. Chandrasekaran on Monday told staff that last week's plane crash that killed at least 271 people should be a catalyst to build a safer airline, urging employees to stay resolute amid any criticism.
Close on the heels of the mishap involving an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, a domestic flight of the airline carrying 168 passengers developed a technical issue immediately after take-off from Delhi to Vadodara on Sunday evening.