Photo day after horror in India: still lasts for missing, they found one black box

The Savior Service on Friday is looking for missing persons and parts of aircraft in the burnt buildings of the Student House of Medicine Faculty of Medicine in Ahmedabad, after more than 240 people in the most severe air accident in the world have been killed in the fall of Air India in the last decade.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on the flight to the Gatwick Airport took off above the residential area and then disappeared from sight before a huge fiery ball was being seen rising to the sky behind the houses, shotting surveillance cameras showed.

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Only one passenger survived after the aircraft crashed to the dormitory during a lunch break, causing fatal cases on the ground. Local media estimated that 24 people were killed on the ground, but Reuters could not confirm that number so far.

The rescuers ended up searching the accident site and now they are looking for missing persons and bodies in buildings, as well as parts of the aircraft that could help explain the aircraft crash shortly after the take -off.

The Hindustan Times local newspaper reported that one of two black boxes from the aircraft had been found. Reuters could not confirm the report, and the newspaper did not indicate whether a flight recorder or a recording recorder from a cockpit was found.

Indian Prime Minister Narewr has reported officials to the progress of rescue operations when he visited the scene of the gujarat on Friday. Modi also met with some of the injuries treated in the hospital.

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« The scene of destruction is sad, » he said in the announcement on Xu.

Residents living nearby said the construction of a doctor for doctors was completed only a year ago and that the buildings were not fully moved.

« We were at home and heard a strong sound, it looked like a big explosion. Then we saw a very dark smoke that had done the whole area, » said 63-year-old Niin Joshi, who has lived in the area for over 50 years.

The parts of the hull of the aircraft are scattered on the smoldering building to which he collapsed. The tail of the aircraft was stuck at the top of the building.

Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that an accident investigation focuses on « whether the aircraft had a loss or reduction of engine thrust », referring to unnamed sources. Reuters could not confirm that report.

The Campbell Wilson CEO also arrived in Ahmedabad in the early morning hours on Friday.

The company stated that the only survivor, a British citizen, is in hospital treatment. The man told the Indian media that he had heard a loud sound shortly after the take -off of AI171 flight.

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Vidhi Chaudhary, a senior civilian police officer, said on Thursday that the number of killed are exceeding 240, revising the previous number of 294.

Among the dead is Vijay Rupani, former Chief Minister of the State Gujarat, whose Ahmedabad is the capital.

« Almost 70 percent of passengers were found in their seats, most of them had bound security belts, » said one of the officials to local newspapers Indian Express.

Air India stated that the investigation would last. Boeing aircraft manufacturer stated that a team of experts was ready to go to India to help the investigation.

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Boeing’s shares fell 5 percent after the accident on Thursday.

It was the first Dreamliner accident, a wide -cost aircraft that began to fly commercially in 2011, according to the Air Force safety network database.

The aircraft that collapsed on Thursday first took off in 2013 and was delivered to Air India in January 2014, Flighthradar24 announced.

The latest deadly air accident in India, the third largest and fastest growing air market, occurred in 2020, and was attended by Air India Express, a low -cost airline branch.