Forensics sift through wreckage at Air India jet crash site

The Manila Times

Forensics sift through wreckage at Air India jet crash site  Forensic experts on June 13, 2025 sift through the wreckage of an Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people, as investigators focus on the engine, flaps, and landing gear. India's aviation regulator has ordered safety checks across the airline's entire Boeing 787 fleet. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board bound for Gatwick Airport south of London began losing height moments after take-off over a residential area of the western city of Ahmedabad and erupted in a huge fireball as it hit buildings below, CCTV footage showed. Only one passenger survived and local media reported that as many as 24 people on the ground were also killed as the plane crashed onto a medical college hostel during the lunch hour. Reuters could not immediately verify the number.  REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews #AirIndia #India

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00:00So

00:30We have evacuated lots of people also from buildings.

00:59So that is the situation.

01:00Sir, how many bodies did you rescue?

01:03Approximately 300 casualties we have received and went to the civil hospital.

01:09I was walking.

01:10I just got the news that there is a plane crash at my hostel.

01:13I couldn't rush to the host site because it was already under the rescue missions and

01:18all that things.

01:20But I tried my best but we could only get access to the police right now.

01:24After police did all the safety precautions and all that things.

01:27We went and saw that but my actual place of living is completely destroyed.

01:32All my documents and everything I had is already lost to me.

01:37I could rescue few things that you could see, rest everyone was lost.

01:44It was so good that they had already survived this.

01:47The police said there was no one who died.

01:49I could cry here.

01:49I was also a person in the city and I got sick with them, right.

01:50I have got sick.

01:51I became sick with my parents.

01:52I got sick with him.

01:54I don't know.

01:57I don't know.

01:58Oh

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