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14-06-2025
A 28-year-old student, Bhoomi Chauhan, missed Air India flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London due to heavy traffic and arriving less than an hour before departure. Despite having checked in online, she wasn’t allowed to complete airport check-in and left upset—only to learn shortly after that the plane had crashed minutes after takeoff, killing all but one of the 242 people onboard. Calling it a miracle, she shared her digital boarding pass showing seat 36G. Investigators have recovered one black box from the Boeing 787-8 as they probe the cause.
Entities: Bhoomi Chauhan, Air India, Flight AI171, Ahmedabad, London • Tone: urgent • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
14-06-2025
A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating Air India flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff, killing all but one of the 242 people onboard and also causing casualties and injuries on the ground at a nearby medical college hostel. The sole survivor, 40-year-old British national Viswash Kumar Ramesh, described the plane seemingly stalling moments after takeoff before striking a building. Seated in 11A by an exit, he escaped through a gap after the left side of the aircraft came to rest on the building’s ground floor; his brother, seated next to him, is missing. Ramesh suffered burns and multiple injuries but is stable. One of the aircraft’s black boxes has been recovered to aid the investigation. Air India’s parent, Tata Group, pledged about $116,000 to families of each victim and coverage of medical expenses for the injured. Video showed the plane flying low before a ground explosion; it was not visibly on fire beforehand. At least five medical students were killed and nearly 50 people in the building were injured.
Entities: Air India, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, Ahmedabad, Viswash Kumar Ramesh, Tata Group • Tone: urgent • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
14-06-2025
Indian authorities confirmed a sole survivor from the Air India flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad: a British national of Indian origin, identified as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who was seated in 11A. Ramesh, interviewed from a hospital, described a loud noise and the plane seemingly stalling shortly after takeoff before crashing. He managed to unbuckle and escape through a small opening. Doctors say he is disoriented with multiple injuries but out of danger. Officials say 186 bodies have been recovered. Initial reports indicated no survivors before police confirmed Ramesh’s survival. His cousin in the U.K. said Ramesh’s brother, who was also on board, remains unaccounted for. Video shows the plane flying low before a massive explosion.
Entities: Air India flight AI171, Ahmedabad, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, Indian authorities, CBS News • Tone: urgent • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
14-06-2025
A 40-year-old British passenger, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, was the sole survivor of an Air India Boeing 787-8 crash after takeoff from Ahmedabad en route to London. Seated in 11A near an emergency exit, he escaped through a gap after the aircraft crash-landed into a building housing medical students, sustaining burns and multiple injuries but remaining out of danger. Experts noted his proximity to the exit likely aided his survival, though they emphasized seat location doesn’t universally determine survivability.
Entities: Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, Air India, Boeing 787-8, Ahmedabad, London • Tone: analytical • Sentiment: neutral • Intent: inform
14-06-2025
Sky News profiles several victims of the Air India Flight 171 crash, which killed 241 onboard and 29 on the ground after the plane struck a medical college hostel shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad en route to Gatwick. Named victims include: Arjun Patoliya, 37, returning to London after scattering his late wife’s ashes; Derby radiologist Dr Prateek Joshi, his wife Dr Komi Vyas, and their three children; Gloucester couple Akeel Nanabawa and Hannaa Vorajee with their four-year-old daughter Sara; London couple Mariam and Javed Ali Syed and their children Zayn, 5, and Amani, 4; Portsmouth nurse Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair; Raxa Modha, her daughter-in-law Yasha, and infant grandson Rudra from Northamptonshire; London sisters Heer and Dhir Baxi in their early 20s; Ramsgate couple Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, who ran a spiritual wellness centre; and Adam and Hasina Taju, 72 and 70, traveling with their son-in-law Altafhusen Patel. The sole survivor is a British man from Leicester, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, whose brother Ajay died. Tributes highlight the victims’ community roles, family ties, and widespread grief.
Entities: Air India Flight 171, Ahmedabad, Gatwick, Sky News, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh • Tone: somber • Sentiment: negative • Intent: inform
