A year after Ahmedabad crash, safety still shapes how India flies: 3 in 10 travellers check aircraft type before booking, finds LocalCircles survey0

• Travel
• June 15, 2026

New Delhi [India], June 12: One year ago today, Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground – India’s deadliest aviation disaster in decades. A year on, with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s