Investigators have now recovered the cockpit voice recorder from last week’s devastating Air India crash and will analyse the pilots’ final words to help determine what caused the disaster that killed more than 270 people.

Air India Ahmedabad-London flight cancelled due to technical glitch, same route on which AI171 crashed

Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London which was scheduled to take-off at 1:10 pm on Tuesday has been cancelled. The abrupt cancellation comes days after the tragic Air India crash in Ahmedabad. The reason,

Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Only one passenger among the 242 aboard survived. At least 29 others on the ground, including five medical students inside the hostel, were also killed.

Air India’s AI-159 flight from Ahmedabad to London was cancelled on Monday due to a technical fault, airline officials said. This comes just days after a tragic crash involving another Air India flight departing from Ahmedabad, prompting heightened scrutiny of flight operations and maintenance protocols.

Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London was suspended on Tuesday (June 17) due to a technical issue, said sources. The flight AI159 arrived in Ahmedabad from Delhi. It was scheduled to leave for London.

Air India has faced numerous deadly incidents, including the recent crash of flight 171, which killed 241, and past tragedies like the 1985 bombing and 2020 crash.