Air India Cancels EIGHT International Boeing Dreamliner Flights

Air India has axed 8 planned airplane journeys following the crash that killed 270 individuals.

The firm’s Gatwick-bound aircraft carrying 242 passengers, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed simply moments after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.

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

Now planes earmarked to take a trip for Air India between Paris, Vienna and Dubai have actually been cancelled – and authorities have likewise started examining Air India’s entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said.

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

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

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

Air India’s site reveals the flight was initially postponed by one hour and 50 minutes but was later on cancelled.

Air India’s Gatwick-bound plane carrying 242 guests, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed just moments after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport last Thursday

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

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

The cancelled flights were arranged to be run by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is the exact same type of airplane that crashed soon after liftoff at Ahmedabad last Thursday.

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

That was aid to be arising from airspace limitations and additional preventive checks, causing longer than usual turnaround of airplane, and not due to any technical snag as claimed.

‘We are sorry for the trouble caused to our travelers and have actually made alternative plans to fly them to their destination.’

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

Last week’s crash was among the most dangerous plane mishaps in terms of the variety of British nationals killed.

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

The Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, including 2 pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday soon after departure from an airport in Gujarat

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The sole enduring traveler was UK national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.

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

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

His sibling 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 spouse Hannaa Vorajee, 30, and their child Sarah, 4, who had been flying home from a five-day family event when the Dreamliner crashed.

The successful young couple ran a global recruitment agency with workplaces in Ahmedabad and Gloucester.

Their stunned organization partner Shoyeb Khan Nagori informed MailOnline: ‘I had supper with them last night. They were a beautiful family and Akeel and his partner were incredibly effective people.’

Mr Nagori said he was too upset to find the words to describe their daughter Sarah who had actually hung around with her grandpa throughout the short see.

Search and rescue groups react to the scene of a plane crash in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 12, 2025

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

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He stated: ‘They were here to celebrate a family celebration and to spend some time with Akeel’s daddy.

‘Akeel was a truly great guy, I’m in shock, we were all having dinner together the night before.’

Mr Nagori was with hundreds of other loved ones of crash victims waiting for updates at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.

He established recruitment business Iceberg Outsourcing Services with Mr Nanbawa, who was the handling director.

Javed Ali Syed, a hotel manager at the Best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel and his wife Mariam were likewise guests on the fallen Air India Flight 171 this early morning/

A video posted to social media appeared to reveal the aircraft coming down in a regulated way with a high nose angle and landing equipment deployed/

The airplane for a short while disappeared from view behind trees and buildings.

Recently widowed Raxa Modha, 55, her grand son two-year-old Rudra, and her daughter-in-law Yasha Kamdar are all thought to have actually 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 been in India for some time satisfying the passing away dream of her ill other half Kishor who had wished to live out his last days in his homeland.

Following his recent death, the mother-of-three was returning with her family to their home in Northamptonshire when catastrophe struck today.

In a twist of fate, Kishan Modha – the young child’s father and Raxa’s son – had likewise remained in India but was not on the flight as he was because of catch another tomorrow.

Speaking with MailOnline, a household buddy stated: ‘It’s extremely sad, the whole household is currently grieving Kishor’s death.

Air hostess Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was called by local media as being on board the unfortunate Flight 171/

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

They stated she had actually been in India for an extended duration to support her husband who was fighting a disease.

The mayor for Wellingborough, Raj Mishra provided his condolences to the household on a post on Facebook adding it was ravaging for the regional community.

Rescuers work at the website of an aircraft 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 airplane catastrophe. Pictured: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) meeting with Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in an Ahmedabad healthcare facility

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‘I extend my deepest acknowledgements to their families, good friends, and all those affected by this heartbreaking event,’ he included.

Aviation professionals say that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner might have unexpectedly lost power ‘at the most important stage of flight’ after launch.

The possible causes are believed to consist of a fast change in wind or a bird strike causing a double engine stall.

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

Videos reveals the airplane rapidly losing elevation – with its nose up – before it hit a structure and emerged in a violent surge.

In the beginning, the airplane seems coming down in a regulated way with a high nose angle and landing gear deployed.

It then briefly disappears from view behind trees and buildings before a massive fireball all of a sudden emerges on the horizon.

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

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

Footage also showed pieces of the airplane’s fuselage and tail extending from a destroyed building.

Firefighters at the scene doused the smouldering stacks of debris with their hose pipes as images and videos taken by horrified homeowners in Meghani revealed a huge plume of thick black smoke emanating from the crash website.

The flight apparently reached an altitude of simply 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 added:” We got the last signal from the aircraft at 08:08:51 UTC, simply seconds after take off. ‘

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

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

Astonishing footage revealed the man strolling away from the scene with some visible injuries to his face

Air India’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has actually posted a statement

‘It is really disappointing that it is a Dreamliner as it is an advanced Boeing. We can not rule out security issues. But this is all speculation on my part.’

‘Our thoughts and deepest acknowledgements are with the households and loved among all those impacted by this devastating event

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

‘We are doing whatever in our power to help the emergency reaction groups at the website and to supply all needed assistance and care to those affected.’