Ahmedabad Aircraft Tragedy: Govt Constitutes Excessive-Degree Committee For Probe Into Causes Of Air India Flight AI-171 Crash | India Information
Air India Ahmedabad Aircraft Crash: The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Saturday knowledgeable concerning the structure of a Excessive-Degree Multi-disciplinary Committee to look at the causes of the tragic crash of Air India flight AI-171 on Thursday (June 12) in Ahmedabad, claiming over 260 lives. The Committee may even look at the present Normal Working Procedures (SOPs) and tips issued to stop and deal with such occasions.
The plane had taken off from the airport at 1:38 pm and was travelling from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick when it crashed into BJ Medical Faculty’s constructing. Within the horrific incident, not solely did passengers lose their lives, however a number of deaths of individuals within the constructing have been additionally reported.
The Committee may even recommend complete tips for coping with incidents just like the Air India plane crash.
“In response to MoCA, the Excessive-Degree Multi-disciplinary Committee will look at the prevailing Normal Working Procedures (SOPs) and tips issued to stop and deal with such occurrences and recommend complete tips for coping with such cases sooner or later,” MoCA stated on X.
MoCA additionally knowledgeable that the Committee won’t be “a substitute to different enquiries” which can be being carried out by different organisations, however will deal with formulating SOPs for stopping and dealing with such occurrences.
A Excessive Degree Multi-disciplinary Committee is constituted for analyzing the causes resulting in the crash of the Air India Flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport (London) on June 12, 2025.
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— MoCA_GoI (@MoCA_GoI) June 13, 2025
What Do We Know About Crash?
– The plane Boeing 787-8 was carrying 242 passengers, together with the 12 crew members. Later, it was confirmed that out of all of the passengers on board, 241 have been killed and there was one sole survivor, the passenger of seat 11A (close to emergency exit) who had reportedly jumped on the final second earlier than the accident and miraculously saved himself.
– The Tata Group introduced an ex gratia of Rs. 1 crore every for the households of the individuals who misplaced their lives within the crash.
– Union House Minister Amit Shah visited the location of the crash and met with the injured a day after the tragic crash.
– Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally visited the location of the crash and met with the only survivor on the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad.
– The households of the victims have been on the BJ Medical Faculty, the place they offered DNA samples to determine the our bodies of the respective people who tragically died within the crash.
– In response to ANI, a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) was recovered from the wreckage by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
– In response to studies, the black field was recovered from the rooftop.
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was additionally on board the Air India flight AI-171 that was headed to London.
