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#1 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...
#2 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...
#3 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...
#4 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...
#5 Landslides in Southern India Kill at Least 93 With Many More Trapped
Jul 31 2024 // NEW DELHI (AP) — Multiple landslides in southern India have killed 93 people and many others are feared trapped under the debris, officials said Tuesday, after torrential rains triggered torrents of mud and water that...
#6 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...
#7 Aviva’s India Arm Hit With $7.5 Million Fine for Fake Invoice Scheme, Order Shows
Feb 17 2025 // Indian authorities have ordered British insurer Aviva’s local unit to pay $7.5 million in back taxes and penalties after an investigation found it created fake invoices to pay illegal commissions and claimed...
#8 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...
#9 Tougher US Sanctions to Curb Russian Oil Supply to China and India
Jan 13 2025 // Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and freight costs, as new U.S. sanctions on Russian producers and ships curb supplies to Moscow’s top...
#10 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...
#11 Russian Insurers Play Growing Role in Facilitating Oil Exports to Top Buyer India
Sep 18 2024 // Russian insurers are playing a growing role facilitating the country’s oil shipments to India, its biggest buyer, data obtained from trade and shipping sources shows, helping to protect Moscow’s export revenue...
#12 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...
#13 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...
#14 India Widens Approvals for Russian Insurers After Oil Sanctions
Jan 23 2025 // India widened backing for Russian insurers as the largest buyer of Moscow’s seaborne crude strives to keep discounted barrels flowing, after the US imposed fresh sanctions earlier this month. As well as extending...
#15 Police Summon Aviva India CEO in Discrimination Case, Company Denies Allegations
Oct 30 2024 // Indian police have summoned Asit Rath, the chief executive of British insurer Aviva in the country, as part of an inquiry into a former employee’s accusations of religious discrimination at work, documents seen by...
#16 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...
#17 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...
#18 Probe Into EY India’s Office After Worker’s Death Finds it Lacked Labor Welfare Permit
Sep 25 2024 // An Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours, a senior...
#19 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...
#20 India Is Building a Sanctions-Proof Supply Chain for Russian Oil
Feb 13 2025 // Oil refiners in India — eager to keep importing cheap crude from Russia — are working with merchants, shippers and other middlemen to rebuild supply chains as tougher US sanctions come into effect. Speaking on the...
