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Daily Maverick
27-06-2025
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- Daily Maverick
India denies entry to UN aviation investigator in Air India crash probe, say sources
By Aditya Kalra, Allison Lampert and David Shepardson Earlier this week, the United Nations aviation agency took the unusual step of offering India one of its investigators to provide assistance following the Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner crash killing 260 people in Ahmedabad on June 12. Previously, the International Civil Aviation Organization has deployed investigators to help with certain probes, such as the downing of a Malaysian plane in 2014 and a Ukrainian jetliner in 2020, but those times the agency had been asked for assistance. ICAO had asked for the investigator who was in India to be given observer status, but Indian authorities refused the offer, the sources said. The news was first reported on Thursday by the Indian news channel Times Now. India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is leading the probe into the world's deadliest aviation accident in a decade, did not return a request for comment. ICAO was not immediately available for comment. India's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday that i nvestigators downloaded flight recorder data around two weeks after the crash. Previously, safety experts had questioned a lack of information about the probe, including the status of the combined black box unit recovered on June 13, along with a second set that was found on June 16. Questions were also raised on whether the recorders would be read in India or in the U.S. since the National Transportation Safety Board is participating in the investigation. The Indian government held only one press conference on the incident, and no questions were taken. Under international rules known throughout the industry by their legal name 'Annex 13,' the decision of where to read flight recorders should be made immediately in case the evidence obtained could avert future tragedies. Earlier this week, an Indian aviation ministry official who declined to be named said the department has been 'following all the ICAO protocols.' The official added that media representatives have made updates on important events. Most air crashes are caused by multiple factors, with a preliminary report expected about 30 days after the accident.
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27-06-2025
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India declines UN agency's offer to assist in ongoing Air India crash investigation: Report
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) earlier this week urged India to give it 'Observer Status' in the ongoing probe; however, Indian authorities declined the request read more This handout taken and posted on the X (formerly Twitter) account of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) On June 12, 2025 shows the back of an Air India plane after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad. Image- AFP India has not allowed a UN investigation team to join the ongoing Air India crash probe or be given observer status, reported news agency Reuters. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) earlier this week offered India its assistance to probe the crash of Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner, in which 274 people were killed in Ahmedabad. The agency had previously offered its services during the downing of a Malaysian plane in 2014 and a Ukrainian jetliner in 2020. Both times, the agency was asked to assist. The ICAO had urged India to give it 'Observer status' in the ongoing probe; however, Indian authorities declined the request. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Notably, India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is leading the probe into one of the world's deadliest aviation accidents. On Thursday (June 26), a major breakthrough was achieved as Indian authorities said they were able to download flight recorder data from the black box. Earlier this week, an Indian aviation ministry official who declined to be named said the department has been 'following all the ICAO protocols.' (More to follow)
India Today
26-06-2025
- Politics
- India Today
India rejects UN help in Air India crash probe: Report
India would not allow a UN investigator to join a probe of a crashed Air India jet that some safety experts had criticised for delays in analysis of crucial black box data, two senior sources familiar with the matter told this week, the United Nations aviation agency took the unusual step of offering India one of its investigators to provide assistance following the Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner crash, killing 274 people in Ahmedabad on June the International Civil Aviation Organisation has deployed investigators to help with certain probes, such as the downing of a Malaysian plane in 2014 and a Ukrainian jetliner in 2020, but those times the agency had been asked for assistance. ICAO had asked the investigator, who was in India, to be given observer status, but Indian authorities refused the offer, the sources said. The news was first reported on Thursday by the Indian news channel Times Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is leading the probe into the world's deadliest aviation accident in a decade, did not return a request for comment. ICAO was not immediately available for civil aviation ministry said on Thursday that investigators downloaded flight recorder data around two weeks after the safety experts had questioned a lack of information about the probe, including the status of the combined black box unit recovered on June 13, along with a second set that was found on June were also raised on whether the recorders would be read in India or in the US, since the National Transportation Safety Board is participating in the investigation. The Indian government held only one press conference on the incident, and no questions were international rules known throughout the industry by their legal name "Annex 13," the decision of where to read flight recorders should be made immediately in case the evidence obtained could avert future this week, an Indian aviation ministry official who declined to be named said the department has been "following all the ICAO protocols." The official added that media representatives have made updates on important air crashes are caused by multiple factors, with a preliminary report expected about 30 days after the accident.- EndsTune InMust Watch
Straits Times
16-06-2025
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- Straits Times
India plane crash victim had flown home to bury his father
FILE PHOTO: Ravina Daniel Christian, mother of Lawrence Daniel Christian, 30, who lost his life in an Air India Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner which crashed during take-off from an airport, weeps inside their home in Ahmedabad, India June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/ File Photo FILE PHOTO: Ravina Daniel Christian, mother, and Rinal Daniel Christian, sister, of Lawrence Daniel Christian, 30, who lost his life in an Air India Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner which crashed during take-off from an airport, mourn inside their home in Ahmedabad, India June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/ File Photo FILE PHOTO: Photo of Lawrence Daniel Christian, 30, who lost his life in an Air India Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner which crashed during take-off from an airport is seen with his mother Ravina Daniel Christian posing for a photograph in his sister's mobile phone, at the airport before boarding the flight on June 12, in Ahmedabad, India June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/ File Photo AHMEDABAD - Lawrence Christian had flown to India to bury his father. A fortnight later, his family is now waiting to bury him. Christian, 30, worked in Britain and was one of the passengers on the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London that crashed last week with 242 people on board, seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad. "When he sat on the plane, he saw me over a video call and bid adieu," his mother Ravina told Reuters at her home in Ahmedabad, sobbing inconsolably as she sat with her daughter Rinal. "The last thing he said was that he was switching off his phone and would call me after he lands." All but one person on board was declared dead in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. Around 30 people died on the ground. Ravina Christian lost her husband, Daniel, in May to heart-related complications, and their son was the only bread-winner in the family. Christian's grandmother, Salvina Christian, said: 'We have lost everything, the three of us have been left here. Our strength, our pride, everything has gone. We have lost the light of our home." The family was waiting to receive Christian's remains. Doctors in Ahmedabad's biggest government hospital have been relying on dental records and DNA samples to identify the dead. Imitaz Ali Sayed is one of those people, waiting to hear if his brother Sayed Javed Ali, his brother's wife, six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter, have been identified. The four were visiting India for a family Eid celebration and to visit their mother, and are presumed dead in the crash, but he says he still holds out hope that they might have survived. "There is still hope inside. Anything is possible. It is the Almighty who decides if one lives or dies," he told Reuters outside the hospital. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Star
16-06-2025
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- The Star
India plane crash victim had flown home to bury his father
FILE PHOTO: Photo of Lawrence Daniel Christian, 30, who lost his life in an Air India Boeing BA.N 787-8 Dreamliner which crashed during take-off from an airport is seen with his mother Ravina Daniel Christian posing for a photograph in his sister's mobile phone, at the airport before boarding the flight on June 12, in Ahmedabad, India June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Amit Dave/ File Photo AHMEDABAD (Reuters) -Lawrence Christian had flown to India to bury his father. A fortnight later, his family is now waiting to bury him. Christian, 30, worked in Britain and was one of the passengers on the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London that crashed last week with 242 people on board, seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad. "When he sat on the plane, he saw me over a video call and bid adieu," his mother Ravina told Reuters at her home in Ahmedabad, sobbing inconsolably as she sat with her daughter Rinal. "The last thing he said was that he was switching off his phone and would call me after he lands." All but one person on board was declared dead in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. Around 30 people died on the ground. Ravina Christian lost her husband, Daniel, in May to heart-related complications, and their son was the only bread-winner in the family. Christian's grandmother, Salvina Christian, said: 'We have lost everything, the three of us have been left here. Our strength, our pride, everything has gone. We have lost the light of our home." The family was waiting to receive Christian's remains. Doctors in Ahmedabad's biggest government hospital have been relying on dental records and DNA samples to identify the dead. Imitaz Ali Sayed is one of those people, waiting to hear if his brother Sayed Javed Ali, his brother's wife, six-year-old son and four-year-old daughter, have been identified. The four were visiting India for a family Eid celebration and to visit their mother, and are presumed dead in the crash, but he says he still holds out hope that they might have survived. "There is still hope inside. Anything is possible. It is the Almighty who decides if onelivesordies," he told Reuters outside the hospital. (Reporting by Sunil Kataria and Sudipto Ganguly; Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Alison Williams)
