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New Report Highlights Air Traffic Control Staffing Woes

18 juin 2025 à 17:18
While faulting some towers for inefficient practices, the report recognized significant external factors and called on Congress to help address the problem.

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The control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in February.
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U.S. Investigators Arrive at Scene of Plane Crash in India

16 juin 2025 à 07:02
Officials said they had found the cockpit voice recorder that may provide crucial clues about what caused the Air India flight to crash, killing at least 270 people.

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The crash site in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday. The recorders could hold information about what happened leading up to the disaster.

Equipment Outages Vexed Newark Airport Controllers for Years

16 juin 2025 à 05:01
Records show that air traffic controllers handling Newark Liberty International Airport flights have grappled with equipment outages since at least 2023, an anxiety-causing situation they call “plug and pray.”

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Newark Liberty International Airport in May.

Heat of Air India Crash Hinders DNA Identification, Agonizing Relatives

15 juin 2025 à 10:48
Three days after the crash, only 35 bodies had been handed over to relatives from an overall official death toll of 270.

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Family members mourn at the funeral on Sunday for Shubham Modi and Shagun Modi, who were killed during the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Data Recorder Is Found for Air India Plane That Crashed

14 juin 2025 à 06:01
The flight data recorder has been recovered and should shed some light on the cause of the disaster, which killed at least 270 people.

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Investigators at the crash site of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.

Lives Lost in India Crash: Expectant Grandparents, a Boy Selling Tea

14 juin 2025 à 02:46
At the hospital in Ahmedabad, family members were giving DNA samples, waiting for official confirmation of their loss in the Air India disaster, and remembering their loved ones.

© Atul Loke for The New York Times

Shock and Grief in U.K. After Air India Plane Crash: ‘I Didn’t Really Believe It’

13 juin 2025 à 17:53
The flight was bound for England, where family and friends of some of the 241 victims on board, including 52 British nationals, were left searching for answers.

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Relatives of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who survived the Air India crash, in Leicester, England, on Friday, before some flew to India to see him.

How the Passenger in Seat 11A Became the Only Survivor of the Air India Plane Crash

13 juin 2025 à 05:51
Viswash Kumar Ramesh was one of 242 people on the 787-8 Dreamliner that went down shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India. Somehow, he walked away.

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A still image taken from a video released by the official YouTube Channel of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows Mr. Modi at the bedside of Viswash Kumar Ramesh, who survived Air India flight 171.

Grieving Relatives of India Air Crash Victims Wait for Bodies to Be Identified

13 juin 2025 à 03:55
Families lined up for hours to give DNA samples so the authorities could match names to victims of Thursday’s crash, which killed at least 269 people.

Relatives of Akash Patni, a tea-stall worker who died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad, mourned near the hospital center where health workers are trying to identify the bodies.

One Soldier Killed, One Injured in Helicopter Training Mission at Fort Campbell

12 juin 2025 à 18:21
The aviation accident, which occurred on Wednesday night, is under investigation, the 101st Airborne Division said.

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A training accident at Fort Campbell on Wednesday killed one soldier, the 101st Airborne Division said.
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  • Hundreds Dead in Air India Plane Crash
    The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more on the ground perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.
     

Hundreds Dead in Air India Plane Crash

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more on the ground perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.

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The tail of an Air India plane after it crashed into a medical school shortly after takeoff near the airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

Deadly Air India Plane Crash: Photos and Video

12 juin 2025 à 11:08
A passenger flight traveling from Ahmedabad, a city in western India, to London crashed shortly after takeoff.

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The tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed into a building in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

How the Air India Crash Compares With Other Deadly Plane Disasters

12 juin 2025 à 13:44
Plane travel is statistically one of the safest modes of travel. But when things goes wrong, the results are often disastrous.

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The site of a Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea, in December 2024.

Chaos at Site of Air India Plane Crash

12 juin 2025 à 19:46
“We didn’t know what to do — it was like our brains stopped working,” said one intern who escaped the building after an Air India jet crashed, killing at least 260 people.

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Deadly Air India Plane Crash: Photos and Video

12 juin 2025 à 11:08
A passenger flight traveling from Ahmedabad, a city in western India, to London crashed shortly after takeoff.

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The tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed into a building in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

Air India’s New Owners, the Tata Group, Have Been Trying to Upgrade and Expand the Carrier

12 juin 2025 à 07:33
The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.

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Air India planes on the tarmac at the airport in Mumbai, India, in 2023.

Japan Says Chinese Fighter Jet Flew Too Close to Its Military Plane

12 juin 2025 à 06:23
The maneuvers over international waters in the Pacific last weekend prompted Japanese officials to warn China not to repeat them and risk a collision.

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A photo released by Japan’s Ministry of Defense showing a Chinese fighter jet close to a Japanese aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.

What We Know About the Plane Crash in Ahmedabad, India

13 juin 2025 à 13:27
At least 269 people were killed when an Air India plane traveling to London crashed in Ahmedabad, India, an official said. Only one passenger survived.

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Investigators checking debris from the wreckage of an Air India plane at the crash site in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.

Duffy Backs Safety Audit After Deadly Crash Near National Airport

11 juin 2025 à 20:08
An investigation will examine what could have prevented an Army Black Hawk helicopter from ramming into an American Airlines flight on Jan. 29, killing all on board both aircraft.

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“We have a solemn responsibility to the victims, their families and the flying public to fully understand what went wrong — and to ensure it never happens again,” Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said.

Duffy Backs Safety Audit After Deadly Crash Near National Airport

11 juin 2025 à 20:08
An investigation will examine what could have prevented an Army Black Hawk helicopter from ramming into an American Airlines flight on Jan. 29, killing all on board both aircraft.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

“We have a solemn responsibility to the victims, their families and the flying public to fully understand what went wrong — and to ensure it never happens again,” Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said.

Trump’s Pick for F.A.A. Leader Is Grilled Over Views on Pilot Training and Safety

11 juin 2025 à 17:12
The confirmation hearing for Bryan Bedford, a commercial airline executive, came as the agency confronts critical staffing shortages and questions about passenger safety.

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Bryan Bedford recently criticized the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency President Trump nominated him to lead, for what he called a “lack of strategic vision.”

Senators Demand Government Watchdog Inquiries Into D.C. Plane Crash

9 juin 2025 à 13:07
Families of the victims in the deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport have made additional investigations of the crash a top priority.

© Al Drago for The New York Times

The senators wrote that the Jan. 29 crash highlighted a dangerous pattern of near misses between military and commercial aircraft around Ronald Reagan National Airport.
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