
Air India survivor carries brother’s coffin amid questions over plane’s emergency systems
Investigators reportedly examining whether ‘last resort’ ram air turbine functioned after takeoff
Penelope MacRae in Delhi
Desk
Politics, markets, cricket and culture from India — pulled from every section, newest first.
11,148 stories · page 16

Investigators reportedly examining whether ‘last resort’ ram air turbine functioned after takeoff
Penelope MacRae in Delhi

Editorial: The age of disarmament is over. But military action only increases the dangers instead of ending the threat
Editorial

Killing of Canadian national was ‘significant escalation in India’s repression efforts’ but leaders shake hands at G7
Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Flights involving Boeing Dreamliners cancelled on routes including London, Paris, Vienna and Dubai
Penelope MacRae in Delhi

Fifty-three Britons were onboard, among them young families, students and business people on their way home
Amelia Hill, Jamie Grierson, Alexandra Topping, Joe Coughlan and Geneva Abdul

Family members waiting for repatriation of remains say government response has been ‘painfully slow’
Rachel Hall

Second black box from flight AI171 was found on Sunday, days after disaster in which at least 279 people died
Gwyn Topham and agencies

In today’s newsletter: With just one survivor emerging from the wreckage, investigators work to uncover the cause
Aamna Mohdin

Gujarati communities in the capital gather to commemorate more than 270 victims who died in Ahmedabad air crash
Lanre Bakare

Relatives of Pooja and Harshit Patel, who were visiting from Leicester, want to cremate them together but have faced painful wait for identification
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Anuj Behal in Ahmedabad

Defying threats and ostracism, they both fought fiercely for their daughters’ rights. Now a film features them discussing fatherhood, courage, gender justice and strong girls
Isabel Choat

Aviation ministry says Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner reached height of 650ft before rapidly descending and hitting ground 2km from airport
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Anuj Behal in Ahmedabad

Accord comes as Mark Carney seeks shift in Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi after long diplomatic spat
Leyland Cecco in Toronto

In the close-knit community, meetings among neighbours have become vigils for the dead Air India crash – latest updates
Chris Osuh, Geneva Abdul and Kevin Rawlinson

Airline’s maintenance regime will also be scrutinised as experts offer theories for cause of disaster
Elias Visontay and Gwyn Topham

Bhoomi Chauhan says she was 10 minutes late and asked airline staff to let her through but was turned away
Joe Coughlan

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh must have acted fast to seize his unlikely chance to escape, say experts in crashes and safety
Robert Booth UK technology editor

True scale of tragedy still unfolding as accounts from family members of those onboard begin to emerge
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Anuj Behal in Ahmedabad

India’s ministry of civil aviation orders airline to carry out safety inspections on fleet with GE Aerospace GEnx engines after crash of flight 171
Hayden Vernon (now); Daniel Lavelle, Rebecca Ratcliffe, Jonathan Yerushalmy, Léonie Chao-Fong, Tom Ambrose, Amy Sedghi and Caolán Magee (earlier)

Unexplained descent of Boeing 787 before deadly crash has cast fresh shadows over US aircraft manufacturer
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Officers say 265 bodies found so far as families queue at Ahmedabad hospital to identify loved ones
Esther Addley and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Ahmedabad

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh says he thought he was dead as plane exploded but escaped through opening in fuselage
Amelia Hill

Narendra Modi visits Ahmedabad crash site where at least 265 people died, with one passenger on Boeing jet surviving
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Ahmedabad and agencies

Knee was not applied to Gaurav Kundi’s neck, SA force says, but use of restraints will be closely examined
Rafqa Touma