Air India Flight Drops 900 Feet Mid-Air After Takeoff; Black Box Data Retrieved, DGCA Orders Probe
Air India Flight Drops 900 Feet Mid-Air After Takeoff.
Just two days after the entire nation was shocked by the deadly crash of AI 171 in Ahmedabad, an Air India flight flying from Delhi airport to Vienna reportedly descended 900 feet after it suffered some technical fault mid-air.
According to sources, the incident occurred on June 14, just a few hours after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in Ahmedabad, killing over 260 people.
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