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Air India Cancels EIGHT International Boeing Dreamliner Flights

Air India has axed eight planned aircraft journeys following the crash that eliminated 270 individuals.

The company’s Gatwick-bound plane carrying 242 travelers, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed just moments after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner careened back down to earth in the largely inhabited Meghani location of the city minutes after leaving the runway at about 1.40 pm local time (8.10 am BST) last Thursday.

Now aircrafts allocated to take a trip for Air India in between Paris, Vienna and Dubai have been aborted – and authorities have likewise started examining Air India’s whole fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said.

Factors involved include unavailability of airplane, technical issues, airspace limitations and extended safety checks, the Guardian reported.

Meanwhile, another Air India flight on the same path as the aircraft that crashed last week has actually been cancelled because of ‘precautionary checks’, the airline stated.

Flight AI159 was prepared to depart Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10 pm local time on Tuesday, and get to London Gatwick airport at 6.25 pm BST.

Air India’s site shows the flight was at first delayed by one hour and 50 minutes however was later on cancelled.

Air India’s Gatwick-bound aircraft bring 242 passengers, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed simply moments after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport last Thursday

People hold candles as they take part in a special prayer event for the victims of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft

India’s civil air travel minister Ram Mohan Naidu made a statement after the tragedy

A flight from Gatwick to Amritsar, India, set to leave at 8pm BST was also axed.

The cancelled flights were arranged to be operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is the exact same type of aircraft that crashed shortly after take-off at Ahmedabad last Thursday.

An Air India representative said: ‘Flight AI 159 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick has been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the airplane,.

That was aid to be resulting from airspace limitations and extra preventive checks, leading to longer than usual turn-around of aircraft, and not due to any technical snag as declared.

‘We are sorry for the inconvenience triggered to our guests and have actually made alternative plans to fly them to their destination.’

The airline stated affected passengers are being provided hotel lodging and full refunds or rescheduling.

Recently’s crash was among the most dangerous aircraft mishaps in terms of the number of British nationals killed.

The Air India airplane struck a medical college hostel in a residential part of Ahmedabad, eliminating 241 of the 242 individuals on board, 52 of whom were British.

The Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin team members, crashed Thursday soon after departure from an airport in Gujarat

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The sole surviving traveler was UK nationwide Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.

Among the victims were Akeel Nanawaba, Hannaa Vorajee and their child Sarah, 4, Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, Javed Ali Syed, his spouse and 2 kids, Raxa Modha, her grand son Rudra and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar, and Ajaykumar Ramesh, the sibling of the disaster’s only survivor.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh (visualized), who was seated in 11A, is British and told the Hindustan Times he had actually resided in London for twenty years.

His bro Ajaykumar accompanied him on the flight and was rested on the other side of the aisle in seat 11J, but he unfortunately died in the fireball surge.

Among the other victims were Akeel Nanawaba, 36, his partner Hannaa Vorajee, 30, and their child Sarah, 4, who had actually been flying home from a five-day household event when the Dreamliner crashed.

The successful young couple ran a worldwide recruitment agency with offices in Ahmedabad and Gloucester.

Their surprised company partner Shoyeb Khan Nagori told MailOnline: ‘I had dinner with them last night. They were a beautiful household and Akeel and his wife were extremely effective individuals.’

Mr Nagori said he was too upset to discover the words to describe their daughter Sarah who had actually spent time with her grandpa throughout the brief visit.

Search and save groups react to the scene of an aircraft crash in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Debris is seen at the site where Air India flight 171 crashed in a house near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025

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He said: ‘They were here to commemorate a family celebration and to invest a long time with Akeel’s dad.

‘Akeel was a really great male, I’m in shock, we were all having supper together the night before.’

Mr Nagori was with hundreds of other family members of crash victims waiting on updates at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.

He established recruitment company Iceberg Outsourcing Services with Mr Nanbawa, who was the managing director.

Javed Ali Syed, a hotel manager at the Best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel and his partner Mariam were also travelers on the fallen Air India Flight 171 today/

A video published to social media appeared to reveal the plane coming down in a controlled way with a high nose angle and landing equipment released/

The aircraft for a short time vanished from view behind trees and structures.

Recently widowed Raxa Modha, 55, her grandson two-year-old Rudra, and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar are all believed to have been onboard the unfortunate airliner.

Wreckage of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner lies at the site where the Air India airplane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025

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Mrs Modha had actually remained in India for a long time fulfilling the passing away desire of her ill spouse Kishor who had actually wished to live out his last days in his homeland.

Following his recent passing, the mother-of-three was returning with her family to their home in Northamptonshire when catastrophe struck this early morning.

In a twist of fate, Kishan Modha – the young child’s dad and Raxa’s boy – had actually likewise remained in India however was not on the flight as he was because of capture another tomorrow.

Talking to MailOnline, a household good friend stated: ‘It’s exceptionally sad, the entire household is already grieving Kishor’s death.

Air hostess Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was called by regional media as being on board the ill-fated Flight 171/

Neighbours at her household’s detached home in Wellingborough stated Mrs Modha is a ‘lovely lady’.

They stated she had actually been in India for a prolonged duration to support her other half who was battling an illness.

The mayor for Wellingborough, Raj Mishra provided his acknowledgements to the family on a post on Facebook including it was devastating for the local community.

Rescuers operate at the site of an airplane that crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025

Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, miraculously made it through the plane catastrophe. Pictured: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) meeting with Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in an Ahmedabad medical facility

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‘I extend my inmost acknowledgements to their households, friends, and all those impacted by this heartbreaking event,’ he added.

Aviation specialists state that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner might have suddenly lost power ‘at the most critical stage of flight’ after departure.

The possible causes are believed to include a rapid modification in wind or a bird strike leading to a double engine stall.

Officials from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau are now at the scene to carry out an analysis of the wreckage and obtain the stricken jet’s black box.

Videos shows the aircraft quickly losing altitude – with its nose up – before it struck a structure and appeared in a violent surge.

Initially, the plane seems descending in a regulated manner with a high nose angle and landing gear deployed.

It then briefly vanishes from view behind trees and structures before a massive fireball all of a sudden erupts on the horizon.

A substantial path of smoke can consequently be seen billowing from the crash site.

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Other video clips reveal a substantial cloud of black smoke filling the sky as distressed observers collect in the streets of the Indian city as mayhem unfolds.

Footage likewise showed portions of the aircraft’s fuselage and tail extending from a demolished structure.

Firefighters at the scene doused the smouldering piles of debris with their pipes as pictures and videos taken by horrified citizens in Meghani revealed a huge plume of thick black smoke originating from the crash website.

The flight reportedly reached an elevation of just 625 feet before it started to descend, according to flight tracking service Flightradar 24,.

The organisation said the plane’s transponder signal dropped just seconds after it left the runway.

Flightradar 24 included:» We got the last signal from the airplane at 08:08:51 UTC, simply seconds after remove. ‘

India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the plane sent a mayday call minutes before the crash.

Air India’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran shared a statement that read: ‘With profound sadness I validate that Air India Flight 171 operating Ahmedabad London Gatwick was involved in an awful mishap yesterday.

Astonishing video showed the male leaving the scene with some visible injuries to his face

Air India’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has posted a declaration

‘It is very disappointing that it is a Dreamliner as it is a cutting edge Boeing. We can not rule out security concerns. But this is all speculation on my part.’

‘Our ideas and deepest condolences are with the households and loved ones of all those affected by this ravaging event

‘At this moment, our primary focus is on supporting all the afflicted individuals and their families.

‘We are doing whatever in our power to help the emergency action teams at the site and to provide all required assistance and care to those impacted.’