Air India Cancels EIGHT International Boeing Dreamliner Flights

Air India has axed eight planned airplane journeys following the crash that killed 270 people.

The firm’s Gatwick-bound plane bring 242 travelers, including 53 British nationals, crashed just moments after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner careened pull back to earth in the largely inhabited Meghani area of the city minutes after leaving the runway at about 1.40 pm regional time (8.10 am BST) last Thursday.

Now aircrafts allocated to travel for Air India in between Paris, Vienna and Dubai have been aborted – and authorities have likewise begun inspecting 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 limitations and extended safety checks, the Guardian reported.

Meanwhile, another Air India flight on the very same path as the plane that crashed last week has been cancelled because of ‘precautionary checks’, the airline company said.

Flight AI159 was planned to depart Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10 pm local time on Tuesday, and get to London Gatwick airport at 6.25 pm BST.

Air India’s website shows the flight was initially postponed by one hour and 50 minutes however was later on cancelled.

Air India’s Gatwick-bound airplane bring 242 travelers, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed simply minutes after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport last Thursday

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A flight from Gatwick to Amritsar, India, set to depart at 8pm BST was likewise axed.

The cancelled flights were scheduled to be run by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is the very same type of aircraft that crashed quickly after liftoff at Ahmedabad last Thursday.

An Air India representative said: ‘Flight AI 159 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick has been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the airplane,.

That was aid to be arising from and extra preventive checks, causing longer than typical turnaround of airplane, and not due to any technical snag as claimed.

‘We are sorry for the hassle triggered to our guests and have actually made alternative arrangements to fly them to their location.’

The airline company said impacted passengers are being provided hotel accommodation and full refunds or rescheduling.

Recently’s crash was one of the most dangerous plane mishaps in regards to the variety of British nationals eliminated.

The Air India aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a domestic part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 individuals on board, 52 of whom were British.

The Air India flight to London with 242 individuals on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after departure from an airport in Gujarat

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The sole making it through passenger was UK nationwide Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.

Among the victims were Akeel Nanawaba, Hannaa Vorajee and their daughter Sarah, 4, Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, Javed Ali Syed, his partner and 2 kids, Raxa Modha, her grand son Rudra and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar, and Ajaykumar Ramesh, the sibling of the tragedy’s only survivor.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh (imagined), who was seated in 11A, is British and told the Hindustan Times he had resided in London for 20 years.

His sibling Ajaykumar accompanied him on the flight and was sat on the opposite of the aisle in seat 11J, however he regretfully died in the fireball explosion.

Among the other victims were Akeel Nanawaba, 36, his better half Hannaa Vorajee, 30, and their child Sarah, 4, who had actually been flying home from a five-day family celebration when the Dreamliner crashed.

The successful young couple ran a global recruitment agency with offices in Ahmedabad and Gloucester.

Their surprised service partner Shoyeb Khan Nagori informed MailOnline: ‘I had dinner with them last night. They were a charming household and Akeel and his partner were incredibly successful people.’

Mr Nagori stated he was too upset to discover the words to explain their daughter Sarah who had spent time with her grandpa throughout the brief go to.

Search and rescue groups react to the scene of a plane crash in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Debris is seen at the site where Air India flight 171 crashed in a house near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025

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He said: ‘They were here to celebrate a family festival and to spend some time with Akeel’s dad.

‘Akeel was an actually good man, I’m in shock, we were all having dinner together the night before.’

Mr Nagori was with numerous other loved ones of crash victims waiting for updates at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.

He established recruitment company Iceberg Outsourcing Services with Mr Nanbawa, who was the handling director.

Javed Ali Syed, a hotel manager at the very best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel and his spouse Mariam were likewise travelers on the fallen Air India Flight 171 today/

A video posted to social media appeared to reveal the airplane coming down in a controlled manner with a high nose angle and landing equipment released/

The airplane for a short while vanished from view behind trees and structures.

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 unfortunate airliner.

Wreckage of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner lies at the website where the Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025

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Mrs Modha had remained in India for some time satisfying the dying desire of her ill other half Kishor who had wished to live out his last days in his homeland.

Following his current death, the mother-of-three was returning with her family to their home in Northamptonshire when catastrophe struck this morning.

In a twist of fate, Kishan Modha – the toddler’s daddy and Raxa’s boy – had actually likewise remained in India but was not on the flight as he was due to capture another tomorrow.

Speaking with MailOnline, a family good friend stated: ‘It’s exceptionally sad, 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 household’s detached home in Wellingborough said Mrs Modha is a ‘beautiful woman’.

They said she had actually been in India for an extended period to support her husband who was fighting an illness.

The mayor for Wellingborough, Raj Mishra offered his condolences to the household on a post on Facebook adding it was ravaging for the local neighborhood.

Rescuers work at the site of an aircraft that crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025

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‘I extend my inmost acknowledgements to their households, friends, and all those affected by this heartbreaking occasion,’ he included.

Aviation experts say that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may have all of a sudden lost power ‘at the most critical phase of flight’ after departure.

The possible causes are thought to consist of a rapid change in wind or a bird strike causing 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 obtain the stricken jet’s black box.

Videos reveals the aircraft rapidly losing altitude – with its nose up – before it struck a structure and emerged in a violent surge.

In the beginning, the aircraft seems descending in a controlled manner with a high nose angle and landing equipment released.

It then quickly disappears from view behind trees and buildings before an enormous fireball unexpectedly erupts on the horizon.

A big path of smoke can subsequently be seen rippling from the crash site.

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Other video show a huge cloud of black smoke filling the sky as distressed onlookers gather in the streets of the Indian city as turmoil unfolds.

Footage likewise revealed chunks of the aircraft’s fuselage and tail protruding from a demolished structure.

Firefighters at the scene doused the smouldering stacks of particles with their hose pipes as pictures and videos taken by horrified citizens in Meghani revealed a big plume of thick black smoke emanating from the crash site.

The flight apparently reached an elevation of just 625 feet before it began to descend, according to flight tracking service Flightradar 24,.

The organisation stated the aircraft’s transponder signal dropped simply seconds after it left the runway.

Flightradar 24 included:” We received the last signal from the aircraft at 08:08:51 UTC, just seconds after take off. ‘

India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation stated the plane sent out a mayday call minutes before the crash.

Air India’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran shared a statement that read: ‘With extensive sadness I confirm that Air India Flight 171 operating Ahmedabad London Gatwick was associated with a tragic mishap the other day.

Astonishing footage revealed the man leaving the scene with some visible injuries to his face

Air India’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has posted a declaration

‘It is extremely disappointing that it is a Dreamliner as it is a state-of-the-art Boeing. We can not eliminate security problems. But this is all speculation on my part.’

‘Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the households and liked ones of all those affected by this ravaging occasion

‘At this minute, our main focus is on supporting all the afflicted individuals and their families.

‘We are doing everything in our power to assist the emergency situation response groups at the website and to supply all required support and care to those affected.’