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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Emotional tributes paid to cops killed in blast at gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Emotional scenes were witnessed on Sunday as wreaths were laid on the mortal remains of three of the four police personnel killed in an explosion in a gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
The grieving family members were inconsolable, while security personnel tried to comfort them.
Amid chants of "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram," public representatives, along with senior police and administrative officials, paid tributes to the deceased personnel.
The wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Inspector Sukhram Vatti (40), constables Krishna Komra (35) and Sanjay Gadhpale (29), killed in the explosion on Saturday, was held at the Police Lines in Narayanpur district, neighbouring Kanker.
The mortal remains of constable Parmanand Komra (29), who succumbed to injuries during treatment in Raipur, will be shifted to Kanker, where a separate wreath-laying ceremony will be held, police said.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam, after paying homage, told reporters that the four police personnel made the supreme sacrifice while protecting the region.
"I pay my homage to them," he added.
The four personnel were killed while they were attempting to dispose of a gunpowder dump hidden earlier by Maoists in a forest near Aadnar village under Chhotebethiya police station limits in Kanker district, according to police.
It was the first explosion linked to Naxalites in the state since it was declared free from armed Maoists on March 31, and also the first instance this year in which security personnel engaged in anti-Naxal operations lost their lives.
District Reserve Guard (DRG) official Vatti, who was leading the team, hailed from Bijapur district. Constable Krishna Komra of the district force and constables Gadhpale and Parmanand Komra of the Bastar Fighters were residents of different villages in Kanker.
