Air India Ahmedabad – London AI-171 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Plane, which crashed into the hostel of BJ Medical Faculty in Ahmedabad shortly after take off on June 14, 2025. File | Picture Credit score: Vijay Soneji
Ten months after the tragic Air India airplane crash that killed 260 individualsbereaved households of the victims have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the discharge of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and black field knowledge.
Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 plane en path to London, crashed right into a medical school hostel complicated shortly after take-off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide Airport right here on June 12, 2025.
The plane burst into flames, killing 241 out of 242 individuals onboard and 19 people on the bottom.
Round 30 bereaved households from throughout Gujarat met in Ahmedabad on Saturday (April 4, 2026), and wrote a letter to the PM, requesting the discharge of the CVR and ‘black field’ (Flight Information Recorder) knowledge to uncover the reality behind the calamity.
“We need to know the reality about what brought about the crash and whether or not there was any technical downside,” they mentioned.
The letter, copies of which had been despatched to the Plane Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, acknowledged that if the black field knowledge can’t be made public, it ought to at the very least be shared with the victims’ households, privately.
“My house feels empty now,” mentioned Nilesh Purohit, who misplaced his 24-year-old son within the crash. “No quantity of compensation can fill this void. We do not need cash, we simply need to know what occurred,” he mentioned.
For a lot of, the ache is compounded by a perceived lack of institutional help.
Kinjal Patel from Vasad, who misplaced her mom, described the problem of utilizing the web site created by Air India just lately to assist households get well victims’ belongings.
“There are over 25,000 gadgets listed, however the photographs are unclear. It is nearly unimaginable to search out something,” she mentioned.
Others voiced considerations over the dearth of accessible communication channels. Romin Vora from Kheda, who misplaced his mom, brother, and daughter, spoke in regards to the struggles confronted by households unfamiliar with digital instruments.
“There is just one electronic mail ID, and responses take as much as 15 days. Many individuals in villages do not even know use electronic mail,” he mentioned.
He additionally expressed discomfort over the general public show of private belongings on the portal, calling it insensitive.
The airline’s response was awaited.
The AAIB had submitted its preliminary probe report on the aircrash in July final yr, and is prone to submit the ultimate report in June, across the first anniversary of the tragedy.
Printed – April 05, 2026 09:49 am IST