What happened to Air India flight 171?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner had taken off from Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat in the northwest of India. On board were 242 passengers and crew, including 53 British nationals.
On today’s episode Matt Barbet is joined by Ian Petchenik, Flightradar 24’s communications director and co-host of the AV Talk podcast, to discuss what we know so far as well as looking at the safety record of the both the plane and airline.
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| 1:12.6 | ...Lewaternity to find out how. Less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport |
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| 1:28.4 | AI 171 sent its final signal. |
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