Air India Flight Crashes till now

 

✈️ 1. Air India Flight AI171 (2025)

• Date & Route: June 12, 2025 — Ahmedabad (India) → London Gatwick

• Aircraft: Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner, registration VT‑ANB

• Fatalities: Approx. 241 onboard, plus ~33 on ground; total over 270–290 yahoo.com+15people.com+15indiatimes.com+15apnews.com+7abcnews.go.com+7people.com+7people.com+8reuters.com+8en.wikipedia.org+8news.com.au

• Survivor: One sole British passenger, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh abcnews.go.com+3people.com+3theguardian.com+3

• Crash Details: Crashed seconds after takeoff into a residential/medical-college area; debris included landing gear and wing‐flap anomalies news.northeastern.edu+1thescottishsun.co.uk+1

• Investigation hints: Speculations include flap/gear misconfiguration, possible pilot error; black boxes retrieved; formal inquiry ongoing staradvertiser.com+11news.com.au+11thescottishsun.co.uk+11

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📌 2. Air India Express Flight 1344 (2020)

• Date & Route: August 7, 2020 — Dubai → Kozhikode (Calicut)

• Aircraft: Boeing 737‑800 (VT‑AXH)

• Fatalities: 21; 110 injured, 169 survived foramehelp.blogspot.com+14en.wikipedia.org+14en.wikipedia.org+14

• Cause: Overran tabletop runway in monsoon rains; pilot error and weather factors people.com+5en.wikipedia.org+5thehindu.com+5

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☠️ 3. Air India Flight 182 – “Kanishka” (1985)

• Date & Route: June 23, 1985 — Montreal → London → Delhi → Mumbai

• Aircraft: Boeing 747 – 237B (VT‑EFO)

• Fatalities: All 329 onboard (307 passengers, 22 crew) en.wikipedia.org+14en.wikipedia.org+14ndtv.com+14

• Cause: Terrorist bombing by Khalistani militants over the Atlantic ndtv.com+4en.wikipedia.org+4businesstoday.in+4

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🌊 4. Air India Flight 855 (1978)

• Date & Route: Jan 1, 1978 — Mumbai → Dubai

• Aircraft: Boeing 747‑237B (VT‑EBD)

• Fatalities: 213 onboard indiatimes.com+7en.wikipedia.org+7indianexpress.com+7

• Cause: Pilot spatial disorientation after instrument malfunction; crashed into Arabian Sea indianexpress.com+2en.wikipedia.org+2businesstoday.in+2

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🏔️ 5. Air India Flight 101 (1966)

• Date & Route: Jan 24, 1966 — Bombay → Delhi → Beirut → Geneva → London

• Aircraft: Boeing 707‑437 (VT‑DMN)

• Fatalities: 117 onboard foramehelp.blogspot.com+3en.wikipedia.org+3en.wikipedia.org+3

• Cause: Controlled flight into Mont Blanc mountain due to navigational error indiatimes.com+2en.wikipedia.org+2en.wikipedia.org+2

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🏔️ 6. Air India Flight 245 (1950)

• Date & Route: Nov 3, 1950 — Bombay → Cairo → Geneva → London

• Aircraft: Lockheed L‑749A Constellation (VT‑CQP), named Malabar Princess

• Fatalities: 48 onboard news.com.au+13en.wikipedia.org+13en.wikipedia.org+13

• Cause: CFIT into Mont Blanc in poor weather businesstoday.in+3en.wikipedia.org+3famousfix.com+3

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🛬 7. Air India Flight 403 (1982)

• Date & Route: June 21, 1982 — Kuala Lumpur → Mumbai

• Aircraft: Boeing 707‑437 (VT‑DJJ)

• Fatalities: 17 of 111 occupants famousfix.com+11en.wikipedia.org+11en.wikipedia.org+11

• Cause: Hard landing in heavy rain; altitude miscalculation and late go‑around en.wikipedia.org+1foramehelp.blogspot.com+1

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🗺️ Other notable incidents:

• Bomb plot plots (e.g., Flight 112 in 1986)—no crash happened famousfix.com

• Plus non-fatal accidents and incidents over the years (engine fires, near‑misses, runway excursions)

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📊 Summary Table

Flight	Year	Aircraft Type	Fatalities	Primary Cause
AI171	2025	B787‑8	~270+	Takeoff crash, possible pilot error
IX1344	2020	B737‑800	21	Runway overrun in monsoon rain
AI182	1985	B747‑237B	329	Terrorist bombing
AI855	1978	B747‑237B	213	Instrument failure/spatial disorient.
AI101	1966	B707‑437	117	CFIT in mountains
AI245	1950	L‑749A	48	CFIT in bad weather
AI403	1982	B707‑437	17	Hard rainfall landing

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🔍 Trends & Learnings

• CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain): Recurring cause in early years triggering navigational and weather procedure improvements.

• Weather/Pilot Error: Major role in runway accidents (e.g., Kozhikode, Mumbai).

• Terrorism Risk: AI Flight 182 remains India's deadliest aviation attack.

• Technological Evolution: Modern aircraft (e.g., Dreamliner) improve but human factors still imperative.

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🛠️ Ongoing Investigations

• The 2025 crash is under formal review; black box data should reveal whether configuration errors (e.g., flaps/gear) or mechanical issues were root causes people.com+5news.com.au+5thescottishsun.co.uk+5en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org+1en.wikipedia.org+1theguardian.com+3en.wikipedia.org+3foramehelp.blogspot.com+3.

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✅ Conclusion

While Air India's history spans rare terror events and navigational tragedies, it also features improvements bolstered by industry-wide safety lessons—from cockpit instruments to runway technology. The 2025 Ahmedabad crash, though devastating, may fuel further advances in flight safety and procedures.