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The crash site of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.

‘Flickering green and white’: Inside the cabin seconds before the Air India crash

As investigators scramble to understand what brought down the plane with 242 people on board, experts believe Viswash Kumar Ramesh – sole survivor of the crash – offers a vital clue.

  • Christopher Jasper and Joe Pinkstone

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A seating chart for Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner shows seat 11A at the emergency exit. It was the seat assigned to Ramesh Viswashkumar.

Dreamliner seemed stuck in the air before crash, survivor says

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick was carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew when it plummeted into a residential area just seconds after leaving the runway.

  • Rob Harris
Of the 242 souls aboard Air India Flight 171, Ramesh Viswashkumar is the only one who survived.

What survivors of commercial plane crashes have in common – and only some of it is luck

Viswash Kumar Ramesh limped away from the Air India crash that claimed the lives of everyone else on board, including his brother seated in the same row.

  • Bronte Gossling, Nick Newling and Katherine Scott
An Air India 787 Dreamliner approaching Melbourne Airport.

Is the Air India crash one tragedy too many for Boeing’s reputation?

The prospect now that the Dreamliner could acquire the taint of a 737 Max-level issue, real or imagined, would be an unwelcome challenge for the company. 

  • Chris Zappone
The tail of the Air India plane became wedged in a medical students’ dining hall.

‘Didn’t know what to do’: Students were eating lunch when plane struck dining hall

Mohit Chavda was halfway through his meal of lentils, cabbage and bread when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into the room.

  • Suhasini Raj, Mujib Mashal, Hari Kumar and Amelia Nierenberg

Air India survivor’s brother was killed. He was in the same row, in the other window seat

Viswash Kumar Ramesh miraculously walked away from the crash but his younger brother Ajay – sitting just metres away at 11J – died.

  • Shivam Patel and Josefine Ganko
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The tail of the Air India plane is seen sticking out of a building in Ahmedabad.

‘Mayday, no thrust, losing power’: The call that sealed the fate of Air India Flight 171

Over 19 seconds the Boeing Dreamliner steadily lost altitude and drifted to the ground before crashing into buildings, killing almost everyone on board and dozens on the ground as air traffic controllers watched helplessly.

  • Gordon Rayner, Samaan Lateef and Joe Pinkstone
A wheel from the plane lies amongst the debris.

The experts’ theories on why flight AI171 went down

It could take weeks, if not months, for the exact cause of the crash to become clear. But experts are trying to piece together a number of possible reasons.

  • Joe Pinkstone and Christopher Jasper
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‘Heartbreaking beyond words’: More than 200 people killed in Air India plane crash

Black smoke billowed from the site where Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, went down in a populated area near the airport, hitting a medical college hostel.

Fans cheer as the bus carrying Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricketers arrive at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India.

At least 11 people killed in IPL stampede outside cricket stadium

The crush happened as tens of thousands of cricket fans gathered outside a stadium in Bengaluru to celebrate the winners of the Indian Premier League.

  • Aijaz Rahi

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