Air India: Investigation results yet to be published a year after plane crash killed 241 people - including QA Hospital nurse
It has been a year since an Air India plane crashed
Today marks a year since an Air India aircraft crashed seconds after departing Ahmedabad, killing 241 people - including a Portsmouth nurse.
The catastrophic incident only had one survivor - British man, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh - who said he continues to live with “significant psychological scars” following the death of his brother in the crash.
Among the fatalities was Queen Alexandra Hospital nurse, Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair, from Kerala, who was travelling back to London on the 12-year-old Air India plane after visiting family members.
The mother-of-two had been working in the UK for approximately a year but it is understood she had plans to return home once she completed her job contract.
Investigators have yet to publish their final findings into the cause of the crash.
A preliminary report into the incident from India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found both of the plane’s fuel switches moved to the “cut-off” position “immediately” after take-off, stopping fuel supply to the engine.
A spokesperson for Air India said: “Air India remains committed to supporting every individual impacted by the AI171 tragedy with care and compassion.”