Air India has axed 8 prepared plane journeys following the crash that eliminated 270 people.
The company's Gatwick-bound airplane bring 242 guests, consisting of 53 British nationals, crashed simply minutes after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner careened back down to earth in the densely populated Meghani location of the city minutes after leaving the runway at about 1.40 pm local time (8.10 am BST) last Thursday.
Now airplanes allocated to travel for Air India between Paris, Vienna and Dubai have been cancelled - and authorities have actually also started checking Air India's whole fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu stated.
Factors involved include unavailability of airplane, technical problems, airspace constraints and extended security checks, the Guardian reported.
Meanwhile, another Air India flight on the same route as the airplane that crashed last week has actually been cancelled because of 'precautionary checks', the airline stated.
Flight AI159 was prepared to depart Ahmedabad, India, at 1.10 pm regional time on Tuesday, and reach London Gatwick airport at 6.25 pm BST.
Air India's website shows the flight was at first postponed by one hour and 50 minutes however was later cancelled.
Air India's Gatwick-bound plane bring 242 passengers, including 53 British nationals, crashed simply moments after liftoff from Ahmedabad Airport last Thursday
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A flight from Gatwick to Amritsar, India, set to leave at 8pm BST was likewise axed.
The cancelled flights were set up to be run by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is the very same type of airplane that crashed soon after liftoff at Ahmedabad last Thursday.
An Air India spokesperson stated: 'Flight AI 159 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick has been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the airplane,.
That was aid to be arising from airspace limitations and additional preventive checks, resulting in longer than normal turnaround of airplane, and not due to any technical snag as declared.
'We are sorry for the trouble triggered to our guests and have actually made alternative arrangements to fly them to their destination.'
The airline said impacted passengers are being used hotel accommodation and complete refunds or rescheduling.
Recently's crash was one of the deadliest airplane accidents in regards to the number of British nationals eliminated.
The Air India aircraft struck a medical college hostel in a property part of Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 individuals on board, 52 of whom were British.
The Air India flight to London with 242 individuals on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin team members, crashed Thursday shortly after departure from an airport in Gujarat
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The sole making it through guest was UK nationwide Vishwash Kumar Ramesh.
Among the victims were Akeel Nanawaba, Hannaa Vorajee and their child Sarah, 4, Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, Javed Ali Syed, his wife and two children, 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 (envisioned), who was seated in 11A, is British and told the Hindustan Times he had lived in London for twenty years.
His brother Ajaykumar accompanied him on the flight and was rested on the other side of the aisle in seat 11J, however he regretfully 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 actually been flying home from a five-day household event when the Dreamliner crashed.
The effective young couple ran a global recruitment agency with workplaces in Ahmedabad and Gloucester.
Their stunned service partner Shoyeb Khan Nagori informed MailOnline: 'I had dinner with them last night. They were a lovely household and Akeel and his partner were exceptionally effective people.'
Mr Nagori stated he was too upset to discover the words to explain their daughter Sarah who had actually hung around with her grandfather throughout the brief see.
Search and rescue teams react to the scene of an aircraft crash in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 12, 2025
Debris is seen at the website where Air India flight 171 crashed in a house near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025
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He said: 'They were here to commemorate a household celebration and to spend a long time with Akeel's daddy.
'Akeel was an actually great guy, I remain in shock, we were all having supper 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 founded recruitment company Iceberg Outsourcing Services with Mr Nanbawa, who was the managing director.
Javed Ali Syed, a hotel supervisor at the Best Western Kensington Olympia Hotel and his other half Mariam were likewise guests on the fallen Air India Flight 171 this early morning/
A video posted to social networks appeared to reveal the aircraft descending in a controlled way with a high nose angle and landing gear deployed/
The aircraft for a moment vanished 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 believed to have been onboard the ill-fated airliner.
Wreckage of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner lies at the website where the Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad, India, June 12, 2025
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Mrs Modha had actually been in India for a long time fulfilling the dying desire of her ill spouse Kishor who had actually wanted to live out his last days in his homeland.
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Following his recent death, the mother-of-three was returning with her household to their home in Northamptonshire when catastrophe struck today.
In a twist of fate, Kishan Modha - the young child's father and Raxa's kid - had actually likewise been in India however was not on the flight as he was due to capture another tomorrow.
Speaking with MailOnline, a household good friend stated: 'It's extremely unfortunate, the entire household is already grieving Kishor's death.
Air hostess Nganthoi Sharma Kongbrailatpam was named by regional media as being on board the ill-fated Flight 171/
Neighbours at her home in Wellingborough said Mrs Modha is a 'beautiful woman'.
They stated she had been in India for an extended duration to support her spouse who was fighting an illness.
The mayor for Wellingborough, Raj Mishra offered his condolences to the household on a post on Facebook including it was ravaging for the local neighborhood.
Rescuers operate at the site of a plane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, Thursday, June12, 2025
Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, astonishingly survived the aircraft catastrophe. Pictured: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) meeting with Vishwash Kumar Ramesh in an Ahmedabad hospital
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'I extend my inmost condolences to their households, good friends, and all those affected by this heartbreaking occasion,' he added.
Aviation experts state that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner may have all of a sudden lost power 'at the most vital phase of flight' after departure.
The possible causes are believed to include 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 shows the aircraft quickly losing elevation - with its nose up - before it struck a structure and emerged in a violent surge.
Initially, the plane seems descending in a controlled way with a high nose angle and landing gear released.
It then quickly vanishes from view behind trees and buildings before a massive fireball unexpectedly erupts on the horizon.
A huge trail of smoke can consequently be seen rippling from the crash website.
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Other video show a substantial cloud of black smoke filling the sky as distressed onlookers gather in the streets of the Indian city as turmoil unfolds.
Footage likewise showed pieces of the plane's fuselage and tail protruding from a demolished building.
Firefighters at the scene doused the smouldering stacks of debris with their hose pipes as images and videos taken by horrified residents in Meghani revealed a huge plume of thick black smoke emanating from the crash website.
The flight supposedly reached an elevation of just 625 feet before it began to descend, according to flight tracking service Flightradar 24,.
The organisation stated the airplane's transponder signal dropped simply 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 said the aircraft sent a mayday call moments before the crash.
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Air India's chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran shared a declaration that read: 'With profound sadness I validate that Air India Flight 171 operating Ahmedabad London Gatwick was associated with a tragic mishap the other day.
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'It is really frustrating that it is a Dreamliner as it is a state-of-the-art Boeing. We can not dismiss security concerns. But this is all speculation on my part.'
'Our thoughts and inmost condolences are with the households and enjoyed among all those impacted by this ravaging event
'At this minute, our main focus is on supporting all the affected people and their families.
'We are doing whatever in our power to assist the emergency situation reaction groups at the website and to offer all needed assistance and care to those affected.'
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