Ahmedabad Plane Tragedy: Govt Constitutes High-Level Committee For Probe Into Causes Of Air India Flight AI-171 Crash

Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash: The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Saturday knowledgeable in regards to the charter of a High-Level Multi-disciplinary Committee to inspect the reasons of the tragic crash of Air India flight AI-171 on Thursday (June 12) in Ahmedabad, claiming over 260 lives. The Committee can even read about the present Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and pointers issued to forestall and take care of such occasions. 

The airplane had taken off from the airport at 1:38 pm and used to be travelling from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick when it crashed into BJ Medical College’s construction. In the horrific incident, now not handiest did passengers lose their lives, however a number of deaths of folks within the construction had been additionally reported. 

The Committee can even counsel complete pointers for coping with incidents just like the Air India airplane crash. 

“According to MoCA, the High-Level Multi-disciplinary Committee will examine the existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines issued to prevent and handle such occurrences and suggest comprehensive guidelines for dealing with such instances in the future,” MoCA stated on X. 

MoCA additionally knowledgeable that the Committee is probably not “a substitute to other enquiries” which can be being performed via different organisations, however will focal point on formulating SOPs for fighting and dealing with such occurrences.

A High Level Multi-disciplinary Committee is constituted for inspecting the reasons 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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What Do We Know About Crash?

– The airplane Boeing 787-8 used to be sporting 242 passengers, together with the 12 group contributors. Later, it used to be showed that out of the entire passengers on board, 241 had been killed and there used to be one sole survivor, the passenger of seat 11A (close to emergency go out) who had reportedly jumped on the remaining second prior to the twist of fate and miraculously stored 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 Home Minister Amit Shah visited the web site of the crash and met with the injured an afternoon after the tragic crash.  

– Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally visited the web site of the crash and met with the only survivor on the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. 

– The households of the sufferers had been on the BJ Medical College, the place they supplied DNA samples to spot the our bodies of the respective people who tragically died within the crash. 

– According to ANI, a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) used to be recovered from the wreckage via the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). 

– According to studies, the black field used to be recovered from the rooftop.  

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani used to be additionally on board the Air India flight AI-171 that used to be headed to London.