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Nikkei Asia
6 days ago
- General
- Nikkei Asia
Through the Lens: India plane crash and LGBTQ Pride month kicks off
India Plane Crash People stand around the debris of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, on June 12. The plane, carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed into a nearby medical college hostel a few minutes after takeoff. The lone survivor, a British national of Indian origin, is being treated in a hospital, Air India said in post on X. In a separate post, the carrier said, "We regret to inform that, of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities." The Federation of All India Medical Association said that about 50 to 60 students were admitted to a hospital while up to five others were missing. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP) People gather near a building damaged by the crashed Air India Boeing 787 in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters) An ambulance carrying crash victims arrives at a hospital in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters) Dabu Patni cries upon hearing the news that her brother Akash Patni died when the Air India flight crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters) A view shows debris from the Air India 787, which was bound for London's Gatwick Airport, that crashed during takeoff in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters) Luggage is seen piled up at the Air India crash site in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters) The tail of of the Air India flight crashed into a canteen in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters) A police officer stands in front of the wreckage from the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters) People walk past the wreckage of the tail section of the crashed 787 in Ahmedabad on June 12. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters) LGBTQ Bangkok Pride Parade People take part in Bangkok's LGBTQ Pride parade on June 1. The event to mark the start of the annual celebration of Pride Month was the first to be held after Thailand legalized same-sex marriages earlier this year. Pride Month celebrations have been endorsed by top politicians, including Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was at the parade. Thailand's Marriage Equality Act makes it the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriages. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi) Reference People take pictures on a rainbow flag during the Pride parade in Bangkok on June 1. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters) A person takes part in the Bangkok's Pride parade on June 1. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters) The Pride parade - part of Pride Festival 2025 - makes its way down Bangkok's Rama I Road on June 1. (Photo by Teera Noisakran/AP) Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra takes part in Bangkok's Pride parade on June 1. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi) A person carries a rainbow flag with the words "Love is Love" during Bangkok's Pride parade on June 1. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi) Members of the LGBTQ community and allies take part in Bangkok's Pride parade. (Photo by) People post messages of support on a poster board at Bangkok's Pride parade on June 1. (Photo by) Dancers participate in Bangkok Pride parade on June 1. (Photo by) Multicolored flags are carried through the streets of Bangkok as a part of June 1's Pride parade. (Photo by) LGBTQ Tokyo Pride Parade People carry a rainbow flag as they take part in Tokyo's Pride Parade on June 8. The annual event has attracted roughly 15,000 participants in recent years, according to organizers. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP) People carry a rainbow flag as they take part in Tokyo's Pride Parade on June 8. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP) People take part in the Pride Parade in Tokyo on June 8. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP) People hold a transgender pride flag as they take part in the Pride Parade in Tokyo on June 8. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP) Marriage for All Japan advocates take part in the Pride Parade as a police officer stands guard in Tokyo on June 8. (Photo by Louise Delmotte/AP)
GMA Network
6 days ago
- General
- GMA Network
Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash
Rescue team members work as smoke rises at the site where an Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/ Amit Dave/File photo NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON - Investigators have downloaded flight recorder data from an Air India crash this month that killed 260 people, India's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday, a long-awaited step towards understanding the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. The London-bound Boeing BA.N 787 Dreamliner crashed moments after takeoff from India's Ahmedabad city on June 12, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and the rest on the ground. The black boxes of the plane - the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) - were recovered in the days that followed, one from the rooftop of a building at the crash site on June 13, and the other from the debris on June 16. The ministry said data from the front recorder was accessed on Wednesday by a team led by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. "These efforts aim to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the accident and identify contributing factors to enhance aviation safety and prevent future occurrences," the ministry said in a statement. U.S. National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy told Reuters said Thursday she hopes the Indian government will be able to share details from the investigation into the crash in short order. "For aviation safety and for public safety and public awareness we hope that they will make their findings public swiftly," Homendy said on the sidelines of an aviation event. She said the NTSB team has been working diligently to provide assistance to India and "we have had excellent cooperation from the Indian government and the AAIB." The probe into the crash of the Air India plane, which started losing height after reaching an altitude of 650 feet, includes a focus on engine thrust, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. The Wall Street Journal has reported that investigators believe the Dreamliner had its emergency-power generator operating when it crashed. Most air crashes are caused by multiple factors, with a preliminary report expected about 30 days after the accident. Two GE GE.N recorders, one in the jet's front and another at the rear, are installed on Boeing's 787 jets and record the same set of flight data. GE, which sent experts to India, manufactured the engines on the Air India 787 and also produced the combined flight data and cockpit voice recorder, called an "enhanced airborne flight recorder". The forward recorder is equipped with an independent power supply that provides backup power to the device for about 10 minutes if the plane's power source is lost, the NTSB said in a 2014 report. The decision to begin downloading recorder data around two weeks after the crash was unusually late, three experts told Reuters, and followed speculation that the so-called black boxes could be sent to the United States for analysis. U.S. aviation safety expert Anthony Brickhouse said accident investigators would typically have already given some update on the recorders' status, and have begun downloading data in such a high profile crash. "Normally countries know that the world is watching," he said. India said last week that it was yet to decide where the black boxes would be analyzed. The data retrieved from them could provide critical clues into the aircraft's performance and any conversations between the pilots preceding the crash. India has said its actions have been taken in full compliance with domestic laws and international obligations in a time bound manner. — Reuters
The Star
7 days ago
- Business
- The Star
Fintech firm Pine Labs files for India IPO
FILE PHOTO: A worker uses a Pine Labs machine for a transaction at a fuel station in Ahmedabad, India, August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo (Reuters) -Indian fintech firm Pine Labs has filed for an initial public offering, draft papers showed on Thursday, with the company set to issue fresh shares worth 26 billion rupees ($304 million). Pine Labs offers full stack payment solutions including point-of-sale machines to merchants for card payments and competes with Paytm and Walmart's PhonePe. Existing backers, which include Peak XV, Paypal and Mastercard, are selling up to 147.8 million shares in the IPO. Proceeds from the fresh shares issued will be used for investing in overseas units to expand the firm's presence beyond India, develop technology and pare down borrowings, draft papers showed. Morgan Stanley, Citi and Jefferies are among the book running lead managers of the offering. ($1 = 85.6150 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema and Mrigank Dhaniwala)
The Star
7 days ago
- General
- The Star
Efforts on to reconstruct events that caused Air India crash, says India government
FILE PHOTO: A tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed is seen stuck on a building after the incident in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Efforts are underway to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the Air India plane crash this month that killed 260 people, and identify contributing factors, India's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday. A team led by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau began extracting data from the black boxes on June 24, and the crash protection module from the front black box has been retrieved, with its memory module accessed and data downloaded, the ministry said. "The analysis of CVR (cockpit voice recorder) and FDR (flight data recorder) data is underway," it said in a statement. (Reporting by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
Mint
21-06-2025
- Mint
Air India begins disbursement of ₹25 lakh compensation to Ahmedabad crash victims' families, 3 receive payment so far
Air India has begun disbursing the interim compensation of ₹ 25 lakhs to Ahmedabad crash victims' families, with three families having received the payments so far, the airline said in a statement released on Saturday. The sum of ₹ 25 lakh is in addition to the ₹ 1 crore or approximately GBP 85,000 compensation, which the Tata Sons group had announced hours after the fatal crash. Air India also stated that it has been 'reaching out to those who were injured and the families of those who lost their lives on the ground to initiate the compensation process for them.' As many as 270 people were killed — including 241 people onboard the ill fated flight, 29 others on ground — after Air India's flight A1171 smashed into Ahmedabad's BJ Medical College Hostel on Thursday, June 12, reported PTI. Air India further added that families were being assisted through out the hospital processes, including DNA identification of the victims. Family members of Mahesh Kalavadiya, 34, who died after an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane crashed during take-off from an airport, mourn in Ahmedabad, India, June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave As of Saturday, a total of 247 victims have been identified through DNA tests, with 232 bodies handed over to kin, officials told news wire PTI. Following the crash, since many of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition or damaged otherwise, authorities are carrying out DNA tests to establish the identity of victims of the horrific tragedy. The Superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital — where the bodies are being kept — Dr Rakesh Joshi said that the 247 victims who have been identified comprise 187 Indians, 52 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and a Canadian. Of the 187 Indians, a total of 175 were on board the ill-fated aircraft and belonged to areas in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Diu and Nagaland. With the DNA identification process still underway, eight families who lost their near ones in the crash have been asked to submit the DNA sample of another relative as the previous ones failed to match.
