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Air India asks crash victims’ families to give up right to sue in exchange for £8,000 settlement

Exclusive: Families asked to forfeit right to sue Air India and Boeing in perpetuity

The Independent UK

Nearly half of India’s aircraft have recurring faults, shock report finds

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The Independent UK

Seven out of 10 Air India aircraft have recurring technical defects, parliamentary report shows

Nearly half of all commercial aircraft analysed across India’s airlines flagged for repeated issues

The Independent UK

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UK aviation regulator asks Air India why Boeing with fuel switch issue was cleared to fly

Civil Aviation Authority warns of regulatory action if airline doesn’t submit complete response within a week

The Independent UK

Regulator says no defect in fuel switch after Air India pilots flag issue on flight from London

Checks came after flight crew reported a fuel control switch did not ‘remain positively latched in run position’ during engine start

The Independent UK

No defect found on Air India plane after aircraft grounded

The Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner on a flight from London was forced to land after a problem was detected

Evening Standard

Air India Grounds Boeing 787-8 After Fuel Control Switch Issue on London-Bengaluru Flight

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday confirmed that both fuel control switches on an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner were found to be “satisfactory” following a reported issue on a flight from London to Bengaluru earlier this week.

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Air India plane grounded after pilot flags similar issue to jet involved in deadly Ahmedabad crash

Incident at Heathrow airport revives scrutiny of aircraft component at centre of Ahmedabad crash investigation

The Independent UK

Farewell To An Air Hostess: Viral Video Of "Her Last Announcement" Wins Hearts

There’s something quietly moving about a goodbye that isn’t rushed. It lingers in the air, like the hum of a plane just before takeoff. That’s exactly what passengers and crew felt when Noopur Parth, an Air India air hostess, after 35 years of flying, made her final announcement onboard. She…

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Air India plane involved in deadly crash had issues from ‘very first day it arrived in India’, advocacy group claims

US aviation safety campaign group says Boeing Dreamliner suffered ‘a series of system failures’ throughout 11 years of service life

The Independent UK

New York-bound Air India flight grounded after engine sucks in baggage container

Aircraft grounded for detailed inspection and repairs

The Independent UK

Iran protests latest: Trump envoy tells UN ‘all options on the table’ as US aircraft carrier heads for region

Iran accuses US of 'direct involvement in steering unrest to violence'

The Independent UK

Families of nine British plane crash victims sue Air India

A a legal claim for personal injury and damages has been filed at the High Court in London

Evening Standard

My favourite family photo: ‘My mother stares dreamily into the distance, looking like an extra from Mad Men’

I found solace in looking through my father’s slides after he died. They made me gasp – and my childhood turned from monotonous monochrome to glorious Technicolor

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Canada asks Air India to investigate pilot charged with showing up intoxicated to work

Transport Canada flagged breach of aviation rules after detaining pilot in Vancouver and has asked Air India to submit investigation report by 26 January

Newslaundry

Kumbh Mela lies, Rs 112 cr embezzled, and a mother’s tears I can't forget

The UP government's callous lies about the Kumbh Mela death toll. A mother's grief over losing two children in the Air India crash in Gujarat. Crores of taxpayer money squandered on media ads and influencers. And corruption entrenched at the highest levels of the bureaucracy.

The Independent UK

Simon Calder’s best and worst flights of the year

Plane Talk: Spoiler alert – the bad flights were the trio that were cancelled

Newslaundry

Why is Arnab suddenly anti-govt? Spoiler: He's not, he's ‘pro-people’

During a live AMA (ask me anything) with viewers on Republic TV last night, the channel's editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami, addressed a question that has been weighing on their minds: Why has he recently taken positions opposing the government on various issues?

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The Independent UK

Boeing aircraft ‘lost’ for 13 years turns up in airport parking bay

The Boeing 737 sat untouched at Kolkata airport for 13 years – quietly accumulating parking fees

The Independent UK

Visiting the Wagah border crossing – India’s tribute to Checkpoint Charlie

The Man Who Pays His Way: Where India meets Pakistan a frontier is no longer a border crossing, it’s performance

Newslaundry

Indigo: Why India is held hostage by one airline

It was October 1988. Me, my mother, and my younger sister were supposed to fly in an Indian Airlines flight, from Ranchi, in what was then Bihar, to Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, with an overnight stop at Delhi, to attend my father’s younger brother’s wedding.

The Independent UK

IndiGo crisis: Why has India’s largest carrier cancelled hundreds of flights and sparked chaos across airports?

Aviation regulator is forced to scale back new crew welfare rules after a cascading collapse in IndiGo’s operations triggers India’s worst aviation meltdowns in years

The Independent UK

Mortuary workers exposed to ‘dangerously high’ formalin levels

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The Independent UK

UK mortuary workers dealing with Air India crash bodies face deadly chemical levels

Westminster Public Mortuary staff found their remains had been saturated in high concentrations of formalin

The Independent UK

Air India jet grounded after airline operates eight flights without valid safety certificate

Regulator opens probe into oversight failure involving an Airbus A320 previously flown by Vistara

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