Debate Over the Air India Crash
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The captain of the crashed Air India jet is likely to have cut off the fuel supply before it went down in Ahmedabad, US officials believe.
Tata Sons and Tata Trusts have jointly committed Rs 500 crore to the memorial trust, with each contributing Rs 250 crore. This fund will support ex-gratia payments, medical treatment for the injured,
A preliminary report released last week included detail about the fuel, saying that the fuel to the plane's engines appeared to have been shut off.
The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and flight data recorders already used by accident investigators.
The event in Ahmedabad has dented Air India's image and will take time to recover. When demand picks up again after October, the added capacity will be a boon for Air India Express.
Medical records for an Air India pilot killed in last month’s crash are reportedly now being reviewed by investigators amid reports he’d been suffering from depression and other mental
The Tata Group has launched a Rs 500-crore AI-171 Memorial and Welfare Trust for victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. This charitable trust will provide immediate and ongoing support to the victims' families,
The ₹500 crore contribution will include the ex-gratia payment of ₹1 crore for the deceased besides medical treatment of the victims who suffered serious injuries
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Al Jazeera on MSNWhat happened to the fuel-control switches on doomed Air India flight 171?According to a report published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal quoting sources close to United States officials’ early assessment of evidence, the black box audio recording of the last conversation between the two pilots indicates that the captain might have turned off the switches controlling the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines.