V Shoba
The crash of AI171 exposes the narrow margin between flight and failure and the unforgiving nature of take-off
India in mourning after the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashes moments after take-off, raising questions about aviation safety. Lone survivor among 242 aboard, many students of BJ Medical College feared killed as the plane on fire crashes into their dining hall
Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot of the ill-fated AI 171, lived alone with his octogenarian father in Mumbai
AI171 crashed in the densely populated Meghaninagar area, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky
The last Polish head of state to die in office, Wladyslaw Sikorski, also died in a plane crash.