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Air India Junior Pilot Asked Captain Why He Turned Off Fuel Switches
Jul 17 2025 // A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates the younger co-pilot asked his more experienced colleague why he turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, according to people familiar with the...
Air India Crash Supports Argument for Cockpit Cameras, IATA Chief Says
Jul 16 2025 // The installation of cockpit cameras would greatly help aviation safety authorities investigating accidents like the recent fatal Air India crash, according to the head of the International Air Transport...
Air India CEO Says Probe Into Ahmedabad Crash Raises New Questions
Jul 15 2025 // A preliminary investigation into the crash of an Air India passenger jet last month that killed 260 people raises additional questions about the incident and the investigation is far from over, Air India’s CEO said...
Air India Crash Points to Cockpit Confusion as Fuel Flow Cut Out
Jul 14 2025 // The Air India jetliner that crashed on June 12 was doomed almost immediately upon taking off, after both engines lost fuel supply and the pilots ran out of time to regain control and avert catastrophe. A preliminary...
India’s Kerala State Seeks $1.1 Billion in Compensation From MSC Over Oil Spill
Jul 8 2025 // India’s southern state of Kerala has sued Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company and sought $1.1 billion in compensation after one of its container vessels sank and leaked fuel into the Arabian Sea in May. The...
India’s Sigachi Factory Fire Death Toll Rises to 39; Cause Still Unknown
Jul 1 2025 // HYDERABAD, India –– The death toll from the explosion and fire at Sigachi Industries’ chemical factory in southern India has risen to at least 39, officials said on Tuesday, forcing the supplier of pharma...
Air India Crash Risks Fueling Up to 30% Jump in Insurance Premiums
Jun 23 2025 // Indian insurance policy sellers expect the cost of coverage for airlines to spike as much as 30% after the deadliest aviation crash in more than a decade. Sajja Praveen Chowdary, director at Indian broker Policybazaar,...
Air India Crash Seen Triggering $475 Million in Insurance Claims
Jun 17 2025 // India’s deadliest plane crash in more than decade is set to send shock waves through the aviation insurance industry and trigger one of the country’s costliest claims, estimated at around $475...
Update: Deadly Air India Crash Will Harden Aviation Reinsurance Market: GlobalData
Jun 16 2025 // The fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 on June 12, 2025 is expected to send ripple effects across the global aviation insurance market, significantly affecting insurers and reinsurers in India and globally, according to...
Search for Answers Gathers Pace in Deadly Air India Crash
Jun 13 2025 // Investigators are combing the wreckage of Air India flight AI171 to determine what caused the Boeing Co. Dreamliner to crash on Thursday, killing all but one of the 242 people aboard and resulting in the deadliest aviation...
Update: Boeing 787 Headed to London from India Crashes With 242 on Board
Jun 12 2025 // More than 200 bodies have been recovered at the crash site of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India that was bound for London, according to police officials. Flight AI171 crashed shortly after taking off in...
Extreme Weather Is Stress-Testing India’s Infrastructure Drive
Jun 9 2025 // Indian monsoons this year — the earliest onset since 2009 — damaged new public infrastructure across the country, putting pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for an infrastructure upgrade in the...
India Races to Contain Oil Spill From Sunken Container Ship
May 27 2025 // Indian agencies detected an oil spill from a container ship that capsized off the coast of the southern state of Kerala early Sunday, triggering efforts to contain the environmental damage, the defense ministry said in a...
India Debuts New Weather Model to Help Farming, Flood Planning
May 27 2025 // The southwest monsoon’s early arrival in India this year is good news for crops, but exactly when, where, and how much rain will fall over the next few months are still difficult questions to answer. To help solve...
India Approves More Russian Insurers to Provide Marine Cover
May 13 2025 // India has approved three Russian insurers, including a unit of top lender Sberbank, to provide marine cover to ships arriving at Indian ports, a government notification shows, helping Moscow maintain oil supplies to a key...
Airlines Re-Route, Cancel Flights Due to India-Pakistan Fighting
May 7 2025 // Airlines including United Airlines and Korean Air re-routed or canceled flights and about a dozen Indian airports were shut on Wednesday after India struck nine sites in Pakistan, raising fears of an escalation. India...
India Plans to Ease Nuclear Liability Laws to Attract Foreign Firms, Sources Say
Apr 21 2025 // India is planning to ease its nuclear liability laws to cap accident-related penalties on equipment suppliers, three government sources said, in a move mainly to attract U.S. firms that have been holding back due to the...
Peak Re Granted License to Open Reinsurance Branch in India
Apr 4 2025 // Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd., a Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, announced it was granted a reinsurance branch license in India. Peak Re has been authorized to write both property/casualty and life & health business,...
Allianz, Jio Financial Said to Reach Initial Deal for India Joint Venture
Mar 20 2025 // Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Financial Services Ltd., has reached a preliminary agreement with Allianz SE to form an insurance business in India, according to people familiar with the matter. The move comes as the...
Wikimedia Challenges India Content Takedown, Warns of Chilling Effect on Free Speech
Mar 19 2025 // The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has asked India’s Supreme Court to quash an order directing the online encyclopedia operator to take down a page describing its legal dispute with a domestic news...
