'PINK was about consent. Assi asks society, what are we doing about this issue? Where have we gone wrong?'
The lawsuit has compensatory and punitive damages against the defendants for the wrongful deaths of four passengers on flight 171, US-based law firm The Lanier Law Firm said in a statement.
60 years ago, on January 24, 1966, Dr Homi J Bhabha, the father of India's nuclear programme, died in an air crash on Mont Blanc. The official inquiry said the plane went off course in bad weather, but coincidences, missing evidence, and later unproven claims have kept conspiracy theories alive. A fascinating excerpt from Bakhtiar Dadabhoy's book, Homi J Bhabha: A Life.
'The real story of 2025 is that India officially stopped being a 'market of the future' and started acting as the world's primary economic engine.'
The Supreme Court on Friday said no one blamed the chief pilot of the Air India Dreamliner for the June 12 crash, which claimed 260 lives, and asked his 91-year-old father not to carry any emotional burden.
Father of deceased pilot and Federation of Indian Pilots petition Supreme Court for a court-monitored inquiry into the Air India flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad.
'AAIB preliminary report was more detailed than most people were expecting.'
A preliminary investigation into the Air India Flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad reveals that both fuel switches were cut off before the crash, followed by pilot confusion. The report also indicates that fuel samples were satisfactory and no immediate action is recommended for Boeing 787-8 operators.
It will be too premature to draw conclusions on the role of pilots from the preliminary investigation report into the fatal crash of Air India plane last month and the final report will mention about the most probable cause for the accident, former Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) chief Aurobindo Handa said on Sunday.
Taapsee Pannu took to Instagram to shower praise on her husband, badminton player Mathias Boe, marking her first public acknowledgement of their marital bond.
'We consider everyone who lost someone in this tragedy as part of our family -- now and forever.'
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson addresses the preliminary report on the Ahmedabad plane crash, stating no mechanical or maintenance issues were found with the aircraft. He urges against premature conclusions as the investigation continues.
'The switch can't be shut off by an accidental brush of the hand, but needs effort, conscious physical action to operate it.' 'Was it the software of the aeroplane that caused the switch to turn off?' 'Was it the hardware of the aeroplane?' 'Was it both software and hardware put together?'
Air India's CEO defends the fitness of pilots and aircraft after a preliminary report into the crash of flight AI171 raised questions. He urged against premature conclusions as the investigation continues.
'In multi-pilot operations, no critical switch can be moved without the other pilot's consent.'
'When there are glaring errors in the report, how can you trust anything in it?'
The Ahmedabad airport cancelled flights post the crash before resuming limited flights in the evening.
Before her flight to London, Air India crew member Maithili Patil had made a final, comforting promise to her father, Moreshwar Patil, that she would call him once she reached the city. But the call did not come.
The ministry of civil aviation clarified that, contrary to circulating reports, a video recorder that had been recovered at the crash site was not the DFDR.
The $1.2 billion in-space manufacturing market is expected to grow and be worth more than $20 billion by 2033.
Soon after the takeoff, the pilot of ill-fated Air India aircraft gave a Mayday call to the Ahmedabad air traffic controller.
How cockpit voices and flight data unravel what happened during an air crash.
Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad has brought back all traumatic memories.
'We will continue supporting those affected long after the work in Ahmedabad is done.'
Hundreds of people, including inconsolable family members and friends, gave an emotional farewell to First Officer Clive Kunder, co-pilot of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad last week, and flight attendant Roshni Songhare whose last rites were held on Thursday.
Ethiopian Airlines became the world's first carrier to resume flying Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, landing the first commercial flight since the global fleet was grounded three months ago.
A week after the devastating Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad claimed 270 lives, investigators on Thursday continued to sift for clues to ascertain the cause, while the government said the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau will decide where to decode the black box of the ill-fated Dreamliner.
According to the Seattle-based Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, its 'professional' members -- who perform the main engineering duties on Boeing planes -- voted narrowly in favor of accepting the contract, while a smaller group of "technical" members -- who support the engineers -- voted to reject it. Both groups voted in favor of authorizing the union to call a strike.
All the 12 cabin crew members, including two pilots, on board the ill-fated London-bound Air India flight were killed in the Ahmedabad air crash on Thursday.
Is working to speed up assembly line to produce 10 Dreamliners a month by year-end.
The carrier expects to restart Dreamliner operations for domestic flights by mid-May, Ajit Singh said.
India has taken delivery of a Boeing Business Jet for VVIP movement from US-based Boeing Co, for which this happened to be the 100th such aircraft supplied to customers worldwide.
This is an increase from a Boeing forecast last year of 1,450 new airplanes worth $175 billion.
BA parent could order around 20 Airbus A350-1000s.
Three months after Boeing Co's former CEO was forced to resign, the aerospace company is expected to name 3M Co. CEO W. James McNerney Jr. on Thursday as its new chief executive, according to a published report.
Boeing sticks with lithium-ion battery despite issues.
The United States government has approved a licence authorising Boeing Co. to enter into talks with India's premier space agency for jointly developing and marketing communication satellites, an official said Tuesday.
US transportation authorities are launching a review of the Dreamliner, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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