India: Scenarios for the causes of air tragedy
The number is constantly growing of the victims of the air accident of Air India, in the city of Ahmedabad in India. A police officer told Reuters that more than 290 people were killed. A passengers on the aircraft, but people on the ground in the area where the AI171 flight crashed.
The aircraft dropped a few minutes after taking off from the city’s airport and crashed into the Medical School hostel, where local hospitals were hosted. A total of 240 people, passengers and crew were on the aircraft. Among them were 169 Indian nationals, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. There were 11 children on the aircraft.
Scenarios for the causes of air tragedy in India
From the investigations at the point of the accident
Former State Gujarat Prime Minister Vitzai Rupani was also a passenger on the aircraft.
About 50 tenants of the hostel were injured during the crash of the Air India aircraft, who were transported and hospitalized to local hospitals. There are missing among the tenants of the hostel.
Divians Singh, Vice President of the Federation of Panindian Medical Associations, said that part of the plane fell on the dining room of the medical college, killing at least five students and injuring nearly 50 others. « Some of the injured are in critical condition, » he said. « We are in close contact with our colleagues in the hospital, who are looking for more people who are afraid of being buried in debris, » he added.
The Indian army has announced that it has developed 130 people, including doctors and nurses. Their task is to help the political authorities in Ahmedabad in removing the debris of the Air India airplane and to help with the wounded care. The city’s local military hospital has also been ready, the army said in a statement.
A British, who returned to London with his brother was rescued from the crash of the aircraft. The 40 -year -old Visvas Kumar Ramas described what happened.
« Thirty seconds after taking off, a loud noise was heard and then the plane crashed. Everything happened very quickly, « he said. « When I got up, there were corpses everywhere around me. I was scared. I got up and ran. There were debris of the plane everywhere around me. Someone grabbed me and put me in an ambulance. They brought me to the hospital. «
Air India’s Air Air Airplane has troubled the experts. Investigations on its causes are expected to begin as soon as the work of rescue workshops is completed.
Video from the incident shows Air India’s aircraft flying low- according to a maximum of 280 meters- above the residential area. During the crash, a huge fiery sphere followed by large clouds of black tobacco.
Another video shows the plane with its muzzle facing upwards, sinking towards the ground before crashing and creating a huge fiery bullet. The investigation into the causes of the accident will be involved, as announced, the competent Civil Aviation Services of India, Britain and the US.
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said investigations would take time.
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The plane was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, the first of this category involved in a fatal accident. Initially, it was reported that maybe birds could get into the engine.
According to former US Air Force Air Force Air Force (FAA) Air Force (FAA), Guzetti, Guzetti, is a mystery because the plane was difficult to get. According to Air India plane videos before the crash, there is no smoke or fire.
Therefore, he said, there seems to be no problem due to bird impact. While he added, even if the plane lost one engine, the second engine should be able to raise it high. Jeff Guzetti said it was possible that both engines began to lose power at the same time. « This happened in a crash of a Boeing 777 approaching Heathrow about 15 years ago. It was a double missing engine loss due to fuel. Therefore, there could be a fuel problem, « he said. « Usually fuel problems occur during take -off, » he explained.
The Tata Group, which owns Air India, announced that it will provide 10 million rupees (about 102,000 euros) to the family of each of the victims.
In his announcement, the company president also said he would incur the expenses for the medical care of the injured and the reconstruction of the medical guesthouse.
We are deeply anguished by the tragic event Involving Air India Flight 171.
No Words Can Adequately Express the Grief We Feel at This Moment. Our Thoughts and Prayers are with the families who have Lost Their Loved One, and with Those Who Have Been Injured.
Tata Group Will…
– Tata Group (@tatacompanies) June 12, 2025
Air India also said that a « special team of carers » arrived in Ahmedabad to provide support to the team working at the scene of the crash. « We work with local authorities to provide the necessary assistance and extend our full cooperation to the authorities investigating this incident, » he said.
He also said that he was organizing two flights to Ahmedabad for the families of the victims of the accident, passengers and crew.
