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New Indian Express
01-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Air India suspends two pilots on Delhi-Vienna Boeing flight after take-off incident
NEW DELHI: Within two days of the horrific Ahmedabad plane crash, there was another near mishap of an Air India flight during take-off from Delhi to Vienna in bad weather. The First Captain and co-pilot managed to land the Boeing -777 safely at Vienna airport. The duo has been suspended by the airline and the aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is now probing the incident. A DGCA official confirmed to TNIE that an inquiry into an incident involving an Air India flight was on. According to a flight tracker website, AI 187 took off from Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport around 3 am on June 14. The flight is said to have lost altitude while taking off due to the turbulent weather and the cockpit had received numerous warning messages. The pilots though managed to steer the aircraft safely to Vienna. A source said, 'The pilots reported the matter to the airline and they alerted the DGCA about it, which is a mandatory requirement. The internal probe has been completed,' said a source. An Air India spokesperson said, 'Upon receipt of the pilot's report, the matter was disclosed to DGCA in accordance with regulations. Subsequently, upon receipt of data from the aircraft's recorders, further investigation was initiated. The pilots have been off-rostered pending the outcome of the investigation.' Air India refused to share details citing the ongoing inquiry. On June 12, AI-171, a Boeing-787 flight crashed just outside the Ahmedabad airport killing 275 people including 241 on board the plane.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
MH17 victims' relatives want Russian admission of responsibility for crash to be part of peace deal, media reports
Relatives of the MH17 crash victims insist that Russia's recognition of responsibility for the downing of the plane should be part of a possible peace deal on ending Moscow's all-out war against Ukraine, European Pravda reported on Feb. 26, citing obtained copies of letters. The letters were sent to U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier this month, according to the media outlet. Flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport en-route to Kuala Lumpur International Airport on July 17, 2014. Three hours into the flight, the Boeing-777 was shot down by Russian proxy forces using a Buk surface-to-air missile above Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. All 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board, among them 196 Dutch citizens, were killed. Russia never claimed responsibility for the disaster, instead fanning conspiracy theories to shift the blame elsewhere. The District Court of The Hague in November 2022 sentenced in absentia two Russian nationals and one Ukrainian national to life imprisonment for their involvement in the downing of flight MH17. A fourth defendant, also a Russian national, was acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence connecting him to the crime. Relatives of the victims have long urged Russia to admit its responsibility and investigate all those involved and the causes of the downing. Now, they want their demands to be included in any potential peace pact. According to the relatives, a credible agreement is difficult without Russia recognizing its responsibility for the downing. "Without this (Russia's recognition of the downing of MH17), there can be no lasting peace with Russia," the letter read. Copies of the letters were also reportedly sent to Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof and the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas. Read also: US, Russia begin next round of talks in Turkey focused on embassy work We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
