NYT > World News A Takeoff, a Mayday Call, and 2 Air India Pilots Who Never Made it Home Par :Hari Kumar and Mujib Mashal 15 juin 2025 à 15:18 One pilot on the ill-fated Air India flight was planning to retire. His co-pilot’s career was just getting started. Their final flight lasted seconds. © Atul Loke for The New York TimesThe Air India flight crashed into a building moments after taking off from the airport in Ahmedabad, a city in western India. On Saturday, workers tried to extract the plane tail from the wreckage.