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Por SHONAL GANGULY, RAJESH ROY y AIJAZ HUSSAINAHMEDABAD, India (AP) — La Oficina de Investigación de Accidentes de Aeronaves de India recuperado el registrador de datos de vuelo
Management installed by the Tata Group had spent three years struggling to undo a reputation for shoddy operations earned during decades of state ownership.
Just yesterday at Ahmedabad airport, Sangeeta Gauswami clung tightly to her only child, her heart swelling with pride as she saw off her 19-year-old son from their home in the western Indian state of Gujarat,
This high-level meeting is part of a broader investigation being led by a newly constituted multi-disciplinary committee, formed to probe the cause of the Air India Dreamliner tragedy. The fatal incident claimed hundreds of lives and raised urgent concerns over the safety of Indian skies.
The aircraft exploded after colliding with a hostel building of a nearby medical college, killing several others on the ground in addition to passengers on board.
It could take months to fully understand what went wrong in the crash, the first involving a Dreamliner. Officials from India continued the investigation Friday.
Bhoomi Chauhan remembers being angry and frustrated. Bumper-to-bumper traffic had delayed her car journey to Ahmedabad airport - so much so that she missed her Air India flight to London Gatwick by just 10 minutes. Ms Chauhan, a business administration student who lives in Bristol with her husband, had been visiting western India for a holiday.
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Lunch break at a doctors' hostel in India's Ahmedabad turned fatal for many in the dining area when parts of an Air India aircraft crashed through its roof as the plane hurtled to the ground moments after takeoff, killing more than 240 people.