Ahemdabad plan crash mystery
An Air India passenger plane bound for London’s Gatwick airport crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India, on 12 June, killing 260 people.
The crash killed 242 people on board the flight and 19 others on the ground, with only one survivor from the plane.
A preliminary report into the investigation, published on 12 July in India, found that just seconds after take-off, fuel-control switches abruptly moved to the “cut-off” position, starving the engines of fuel and triggering total power loss.
The circumstances around how or why that happened remain unclear. Here is what we know so far. Know more…
Why A Cluster Of Hindu Temples Is At Heart Of Thailand-Cambodia Conflict.
The 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, a Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva, is perched on a 525 metre cliff in Cambodia’s Dangrek mountains. Built under the Khmer Empire, it is a religious site for not just Cambodians, but also their Thai neighbours. Roughly 95 km to the west lies the Ta Muen Thom temple, a 12th-century Shiva shrine.
Although largely overshadowed by the popularity of Angkor Wat, this cluster of temples has been at the centre of a conflict between the two nations for more than half a century. Know more…
Ahmedabad-Diu IndiGo flight aborts takeoff after engine catches fire
We regret the inconvenience caused to our customers and are making all efforts to minimize it by offering them refreshments, accommodation in the next available flight, or a full refund against cancellation, as per their preference,” the statement added.
The incident comes after an IndiGo flight operating from Goa to Indore encountered a technical snag just before landing on Monday. The aircraft landed safely at its destination, and the airliner said that the aircraft will undergo a thorough technical inspection before resuming operations.
