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NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities are investigating 1 of India’s worst aviation disasters a time aft an Air India level crashed, sidesplitting each but 1 of the 242 passengers and unit onboard, officials said Friday, arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the clang site.
The Indian authorities has launched an probe into the fatal clang of the London-bound Air India level that came down successful a residential country successful the northwestern metropolis of Ahmedabad minutes aft takeoff connected Thursday.
Officials said astir of the bodies were charred beyond recognition. There was nary quality aboriginal Friday connected the origin of the crash, oregon connected efforts to retrieve the achromatic boxes — the formation information and cockpit dependable recorders — arsenic authorities continued to hunt the clang site.
The level deed a gathering hosting a aesculapian assemblage hostel and burst into flames, sidesplitting respective assemblage students connected the ground. Black fume billowed from the tract wherever the level crashed adjacent the airdrome successful Ahmedabad, a metropolis of much than 5 cardinal and the superior of Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s location state.
“We are each devastated by the aerial calamity successful Ahmedabad. The nonaccomplishment of truthful galore lives successful specified a abrupt and heartbreaking mode is beyond words,” Modi said connected societal media aft visiting the site. “We recognize their symptom and besides cognize that the void near down volition beryllium felt for years to come.”
Modi meets lone survivor
There was lone 1 subsister of the crash, who was seen successful tv footage gathering Modi astatine a section authorities hospital.
Dr. Dhaval Gameti told the Associated Press helium had examined the man, whom helium identified arsenic Vishwashkumar Ramesh.
“He was disoriented with aggregate injuries each implicit his body,” Dr. Gameti said. “But helium seems to beryllium retired of danger.”
Another medic said Ramesh told him that instantly aft the level took off, it began descending and abruptly divided successful two, ejecting him earlier determination was a large explosion.
Investigators probe origin of crash
India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has initiated a probe into the catastrophe successful enactment with planetary protocols acceptable by the International Civil Aviation Organization, said Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu successful a connection connected societal media.
A squad from the United States is expected to get successful India to help. The National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing and General Electric are each sending experts.
DNA tests for victims underway
Medics are conducting DNA tests to place those killed, the nationalist president of the Federation of All India Medical Association, Akshay Dongardiv, said. Meanwhile, grieving families gathered extracurricular the Civil infirmary successful Ahmedabad connected Friday.
Modi is scheduled to clasp a gathering with elder officials aboriginal Friday. He besides met immoderate of those injured connected the crushed during the infirmary visit.
Thursday’s Air India clang progressive a 12-year-old Boeing 787. Boeing planes person been plagued by information issues connected different types of aircraft.
According to experts, determination are presently astir 1,200 of the 787 Dreamliner craft worldwide, and this was the archetypal deadly clang successful 16 years of operation.
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Hussain reported from Srinagar, India
