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Deccan Herald
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Air India crash: India reportedly denies entry to UN aviation investigator; US official hopes findings shared quickly
Washington: 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 787-8 Dreamliner crash killing 260 people in Ahmedabad on June 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 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..'Bloody terrified': Flying anxiety peaks after fatal Air India 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 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 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. .The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday she hopes the Indian government will be able to share details from the investigation into the Air India crash this month that killed 260 people in short civil aviation ministry said on Thursday that investigators have downloaded flight recorder data from the crash with assistance from the NTSB. "For aviation safety and for public safety and public awareness we hope that they will make their findings public swiftly," U.S. Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy told Reuters.
Time of India
08-06-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
France approaches Renault on drone production, Renault says
France's defence ministry has engaged with Renault regarding potential drone manufacturing assistance, following the ministry's suggestion of French companies aiding production in Ukraine. Renault confirmed discussions are underway but awaits further project details from the ministry. This initiative follows France's plan to establish a partnership between a major carmaker and a defence firm to equip drone production lines within Ukraine. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads France's defence ministry has approached Renault with a view to helping to manufacture drones, the automaker said on Sunday, after the ministry last week floated the idea French companies could help with production in Ukraine."We have been contacted by the defence ministry about the possibility of producing drones. Discussions have taken place, but no decision has been taken at this stage, as we are awaiting further details on this project from the ministry," Renault said in a statement to on Sunday, French news website Franceinfo reported the French carmaker was expected to produce drones in Ukraine Asked about the report, the ministry told Reuters it was up to the carmaker, without naming it, to say whether it would without naming any companies, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu told French news channel LCI on Friday that France would set up a partnership between a major French carmaker and a small defence firm to equip production lines in Ukraine for building have played a significant role in Ukraine's defence since Russia's full-scale invasion of the country in 2022, providing surveillance and strike capabilities that have shaped battlefield tactics against Russian forces.
