Air India flight to London cancelled over 'technical glitch' days after horror crash

Air India flight to London cancelled over 'technical glitch' days after horror crash Newspoint | 17/06/2025 23:39:14

An has suffered ajust days after another of the carrier's planes . Passengers aboard Flight A159 - which was bound for London - were forced to evacuate this morning after one of the engines suffered a technical fault.

The plane had stopped for a layover at Kolkata Airport, where passengers were asked to disembark.

It follows another "mid-air technical issue" that forced an Air India flight to divert yesterday. Air India Flight A1315 was bound for Delhi after departing from Hong Kong. However, the pilot ordered a u-turn after noticing a technical problem.

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Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner was in the process of taking off when it crashed into a medical college in a residential area of India's western state of Ahmedabad. Days later, rescuers found 270 bodies strewn around the crash site buried under the gutted aircraft's debris.

At least 50 British nationals were among the 241 bodies found. It's thought that the remainder of the casualties had been on the ground nearby, or inside the doctors' hostel.

One British national miraculously survived the horror crash, making him the sole survivor. Forty-year-old managed to walk away from the wreckage with relatively minor injuries, with his testimony offering a chilling insight into the horror that unfolded inside the doomed aircraft.

Ramesh, who was sitting in 11A, forced his way out of the plane after the crash, past a broken door. He said: "The emergency door was broken, my seat is broken."

Asked how he escaped, he replied: "I am not jumping. I just walked out innit." He described his survival simply: "It's a miracle." Ramesh is currently being treated at a hospital close to the crash site.

His doctor added: "He is having minor injuries only. He has some abrasions over his left forearm and swelling over left eyelid and over the eyes.

"Chest and abdomen is clear, no lung fractures present. The patient is vitally stable." He will be able to return to his family in the next 48 hours, his healthcare team predict.

The team investigating the disaster of have recovered an item which could prove to be an essential piece of the puzzle.

Now, experts believe they could be a step closer to unravelling the mystery of what happened in the sky that day after recovering the cockpit voice recorder (CVR).

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