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Who was Nirali Patel? Lone Canadian killed in Air India flight crash
Nirali Patel, who lived in Etobicoke, Toronto, was travelling back to Canada from a “social trip” in India when the unfortunate accident happened.
Black boxes analyzed for cause of Air India crash that killed 270
Investigators in India are studying the black boxes of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner after recovering them from the aircraft wreckage to ascertain the cause of last week’s plane crash that left at least 270 people dead.
Mississauga dentist identified as Canadian killed in Air India crash
Nirali Sureshkumar Patel, 33, was among the 242 people on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner heading from Ahmehdabad to London
Air India crash underscores risks of country’s infrastructure boom
For more than a decade, pilots and judges have warned that India’s breakneck urban development was pushing population centers closer to the nation’s runways.
What You Need to Know About the Air India Boeing Dreamliner Crash
The crash of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad city, killing all but one of the 242 people on board, is the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. At least 30 people were also killed on the ground as the airliner crashed into a medical college hostel near the airport.
India to send crashed plane's black box to US, local newspaper Economic Times reports
India will send the black box recovered from the recent fatally crashed Air India plane to the U.S. for analysis, local newspaper Economic Times reported on Thursday, citing people aware of the development.
Air India reduces its overseas widebody flights after crash
Air India is reducing its international service using widebody planes by 15% as the nation’s flag carrier grapples with the fallout from a fatal Boeing 787 crash last week and an Israel-Iran clash in the Middle East.
Devastating crash threatens Air India's ambitious turnaround
The tragedy happened as Air India was on the "final climb phrase" of its brand transformation after the Tata buyout
Air India reduces international service by 15% after deadly plane crash
Air India announced on Wednesday it will reduce international service on widebody aircraft by 15% starting June 20 through at least mid-July.
Toronto dentist among 242 aboard crashed Air India plane; British national only survivor, airline says
The London-bound flight crashed into a residential area five minutes after taking off from the local airport in Ahmedabad, ...
Lone Canadian killed in Ahmedabad plane crash was Indian-origin woman dentist
Nirali Patel, 32, who lived in Etobicoke, Toronto, was travelling back to Canada from a ‘social trip’ in India when the ...
Air India crash in Ahmedabad sends reverberations to Canadian families of Air India Flight 182
As news of the Ahmedabad crash came in, families of the victims of Flight 182 from 1985 immediately expressed shock, concern, ...