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Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha on Saturday stated that the Air India flight pilot who crashed on June 12 in Ahmedabad despatched a final radio message to Air Traffic Control for ‘Mayday’ at 1.39 PM.
Civil Aviation Ministry addressed the click and mentioned that the flight, wearing 242 passengers and team participants, took off at 1.39 pm and after attaining a top of about 650 toes it began sinking.
“On 12th June around 2 PM, we received the information that the plane going from Ahmedabad to Gatwick London had crashed. We immediately got detailed information about this through ATC Ahmedabad. This was an AIC 171 and there were a total of 242 people on board, including 230 passengers, 2 pilots and 10 crew members. This plane took off at 1:39 pm and within a few seconds, after reaching a height of about 650 feet, it started sinking,” stated Sinha.
The executive additional knowledgeable that at 1:39 pm the pilot of the crashed aircraft knowledgeable Ahmedabad ATC that it used to be a May Day and when the ATS attempted to achieve out, they did not get any reaction.
“At 1:39 pm, the pilot informed Ahmedabad ATC that it was a May Day, full emergency. According to ATC, when it tried to contact the plane, it did not receive any response. Exactly after 1 minute, this plane crashed in Medhaninagar, which is located at a distance of about 2 km from the airport. The captain of the plane was Sumit Sabharwal and the first officer was Clive Sundar,” he added.
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Ministry Secretary Sinha additionally knowledgeable that the aircraft had finished the Paris-Delhi-Ahmedabad sector sooner than the twist of fate.
“As far as the entire history of the plane is concerned, before this accident, the plane had completed the Paris-Delhi-Ahmedabad sector without any accident,” stated Sinha.
