The Air India Crisis: Inside the Ahmedabad Crash, Fleet Groundings, and the Fight for Aviation Safety

Wreckage of Air India Boeing 787 after Ahmedabad crash on June 12, 2025

The skies over Ahmedabad turned apocalyptic on June 12, 2025. At 08:08 UTC, Air India Flight AI171—a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 souls toward London Gatwick—transmitted a final garbled “Mayday” before plunging into a medical college hostel. The crash killed 260 people, including 19 on the ground, marking India’s deadliest aviation disaster in decades and triggering … Read more