With all eyes on the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, aviation insiders say that in an air catastrophe, “all bets are off” and seat choice matters little.

A "much-loved" nurse who had two children has been named as a victim of the Air India plane crash. Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair had just resigned from her job in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and was finalising a permanent move back home to India, her family said.

The survival of a passenger who escaped through an exit door seconds after his Air India flight crashed killing everyone else on board has prompted speculation over whether his seat, 11A, is the safest.

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Lunch break at a doctors' hostel in India's Ahmedabad turned fatal for many in the dining area when parts of an Air India aircraft crashed through its roof as the plane hurtled to the ground moments after takeoff, killing more than 240 people.

The campus of B.J. Medical College is near the end of the airport runway in Ahmedabad. At least 4, maybe many more, of its students were killed in Thursday's crash.

Ayden Bingham, who led Thatcher to the 3A state football final in 2022, was among six passengers, with his father and two brothers in a plane crash.

President Donald Trump bristles whenever anyone questions the propriety of the deal or whether the Qatari plane, valued at between $200 million and $400 million, will end up costing as much as a billion dollars to retrofit.

A JetBlue flight at Boston Logan International Airport veered onto grass while turning off a runway during landing Thursday.