Investigations begin as grieving families wait for answersHollie ColeLive reporterImage source, ReutersInvestigators have been at the site where Air India Flight AI171 crashed yesterday moments after take-off in the west Indian city of Ahmedabad. The only survivor, British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh, told India’s state broadcaster DD News he saw the aircraft crew and passengers die. While he has been recovering in hospital, India's Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said one of the two flight data recorders - also known as black boxes - had been recovered. Investigators from the UK and US have arrived in India today, according to an internal memo from Tata Group, which owns Air India. Six bodies have been released so far to families who were able to identify them based on facial features, a local police official has told the BBC.


Source:   The Times
June 13, 2025 03:03 UTC