4 executives fired by Air India enterprise over viral video displaying staffer dancing days after tragic crash

4 senior executives at Air India SATS Companies (AISATS), an airport companies administration agency, have been sacked after a video went viral on social media displaying the corporate’s staff dancing and celebrating simply days after the tragic
airplane crash
in Ahmedabad.

AISATS issued an announcement on Friday (June 27), expressing remorse over the video and detailing disciplinary motion towards 4 senior executives.

“At AISATS, we stand in solidarity with the households affected by the tragic lack of AI 171 and deeply remorse the lapse in judgment mirrored in a current inner video. The behaviour doesn’t align with our values, and agency disciplinary motion has been taken towards these accountable as we reaffirm our dedication to empathy, professionalism, and accountability,” the assertion reads.

Notably, the video confirmed staff of AISATS, Air India’s ground-handling three way partnership with Singapore’s SATS Ltd, dancing at their workplace. In its assertion, the corporate didn’t specify when was the video recorded however as per experiences, it was shot simply days after the June 12 tragedy.

Within the wake of the current air crash and different challenges going through Air India, an unverified video has surfaced reportedly displaying the COO and VP at a DJ occasion on Friday on the airline’s Delhi workplace.#AirIndia #AirIndiaCrash @TataCompanies #airlineaccountability pic.twitter.com/9nzPf1sg5V

— Pradeep Rai (@pradeepraiindia) June 21, 2025

The 4 sacked executives are believed to have organised the workplace celebration.

The AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad killed 270 individuals, together with 241 passengers. The Boeing 787-8, en path to London Gatwick, struck a medical hostel advanced shortly after takeoff. One passenger survived the tragedy.

Information recovered from black containers

In the meantime, Indian authorities have efficiently extracted preliminary information from the 2 black containers of the doomed Air India flight.

On Thursday (June 26), India’s civil aviation ministry reported that investigators are working to find out the reason for the crash.

The Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) started information extraction from the black containers on June 24. The crash-protected reminiscence unit from the entrance recorder has been retrieved and its information downloaded.

The ministry said that evaluation of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight information recorder (FDR) is ongoing.

Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation given observer standing in probe

India has additionally determined to present the Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) observer standing within the ongoing probe. Earlier on Friday, experiences
emerged
that the ICAO’s request was rejected by the Indian authorities.

Following inner deliberations, Indian authorities accepted the request. “The Indian authorities are approaching the probe in a clear method,” an official mentioned, as quoted by the report.