KAMPALA,UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda Airlines announced a strategic interline partnership with India’s flagship carrier, Air India, to strengthen travel links between Africa and the Indian subcontinent. In a joint statement issued Wednesday, the Ugandan national carrier said the agreement, which took effect recently on Aug. 25, allows passengers to …
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NEW DELHI | Xinhua | Both the black boxes of Air India flight 171, including the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR), have been found, P.K. Mishra, principal secretary to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said in an official statement late on Sunday. According to the Hindustan …
Read More »What is known about Air India plane crash?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Xinhua | An Air India Boeing 787-8 passenger plane crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat, western India on Thursday, with 241 of the 242 people on board confirmed dead and only one surviving. The Indian government has launched a formal investigation into the …
Read More »Air India plane with 242 people onboard crashes
NEW DELHI | Xinhua| An Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff from an airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said. The flight took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International …
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