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India launched a formal investigation into the crash of London-bound Air India flight 171 at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, with international teams rushing to assist as the incident involved an American plane and more than 50 UK nationals as victims. Security personnel stand at the crash site after an Air India aircraft, bound for London’s…
The UK government termed the crash London-bound Air India flight, with 242 people on board, “devastating”, with UK foreign secretary David Lammy announcing that a crisis team will be created in New Delhi and London to support British nationals and their families who have been affected by the crash. The Ahmedabad-London Air India service was…
Air India confirmed there was only one survivor – a UK national – out of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it crashed into a medical college shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport. It is one of the deadliest plane crashes in terms of the number of British nationals killed and…
The Reform UK councillor in charge of Warwickshire County Council’s finances hinted that a DOGE-style review could be coming to Shire Hall. Based on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in the United States, Reform UK has very publicly stated its intention to form a DOGE team to crack down on perceived waste within councils,…
British Indian relative’s family shell-shocked as elderly couple killed LONDON: A British Indian relative of an elderly Indian couple killed on board the Air India flight has spoken of his anger with the airline, saying the fleet that Air India uses is terrible.Tushar Jogi and his family were shell-shocked on Thursday when the news came…
A US government agency that investigates civil aviation accidents on Thursday said it would be leading a team of American investigators to India to assist in the investigation of the tragic Air India crash in Ahmedabad. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a post on X that it will be “leading a team…
British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa has confirmed her engagement with actor Callum Turner, saying it’s “a really special feeling”. She called it a “really special feeling”. Lipa has been dating Turner for almost a year and a half. The British actor is best known for roles in Fantastic Beasts and Masters of the Air, and was…
Seema Malhotra, Labour MP for Feltham & Heston, discusses representing the UK at the UN Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I was proud this week to represent the United Kingdom as an equalities minister at the United Nations conference on the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP18). It was…
Air India said the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft was leaving Ahmedabad Airport with 242 people on board. The airline said 169 passengers were Indian nationals, 53 were British, seven were Portuguese and one was Canadian. Taoiseach Micheal Martin said: “It is horrific and very, very sad what has happened in India, the plane (crash) just…
London [UK], June 12 : The UK Royal family extended condolences to the families of the victims involved in the London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday. Condolences poured in from all quarters of UK over the tragic airplane accident which took place in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Thursday. The UK Royal…