Flew on same plane hours before crash: Passenger's video shows prior glitches on Air India flight
Ahmedabad: Just two hours before the deadly crash of Air India Flight AI171 in Ahmedabad, a man named Akash Vatsa had flown on the same aircraft from Delhi to Ahmedabad. After hearing about the crash, Akash shared a shocking account of his flight experience, saying that the plane had several technical problems even then.
Posting on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Akash said that the air conditioning wasn’t working, in-flight entertainment screens were off, reading lights didn’t turn on, and the call buttons for the cabin crew didn’t respond. In a video he recorded, passengers could be seen using magazines to fan themselves due to the heat inside the cabin.
He shared these videos online to bring the issues to the attention of Air India, but later deleted the posts. Akash’s testimony is now drawing attention, as the same Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed just hours later after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London’s Gatwick Airport, killing most of the 242 people on board.
The crash happened only minutes after takeoff. The plane had climbed to about 825 feet before suddenly losing altitude and crashing into a nearby residential area. The cause of the crash is still under investigation by aviation experts.
Akash’s experience has raised concerns about whether the aircraft had serious problems before the crash. His video offers a rare and personal view into what may have been early signs of trouble on the doomed flight.
I was in the same damn flight 2 hours before it took off from AMD. I came in this from DEL-AMD. Noticed unusual things in the place.Made a video to tweet to @airindia i would want to give more details. Please contact me. @flyingbeast320 @aajtak @ndtv @Boeing_In #planecrash #AI171 pic.twitter.com/TymtFSFqJo
— Akash Vatsa (@akku92) June 12, 2025
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Two police officers die, one injured in accident on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Srinagar (PTI): Two police officers died in an accident on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway here, an official said on Monday.
Three sub-inspectors travelling from Srinagar to Jammu after performing Amarnath Yatra duty met with an accident at Tengan in Lasjan area of the city, the official said.
The injured police officers were rushed to a hospital where two of them were declared brought dead.
The deceased have been identified as Sachin Verma and Shubham, while the injured officer has been identified as Mastan Singh, he said.
