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Why did the Air India plane crash? Here is what investigators think after initial probe

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21.06.2025

Kolkata: The authorities are probing the reason behind the crash of the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London on June 12 that killed 241 out of 242 people on board. According to a News18 report, officials who are familiar with the probe suspect there was a sudden power failure just moments after the flight took off and it probably brought the plane down, resulting in its crash into a medical hostel building after going up just 625 feet.

The final reason will be known after decoding the black box, initial assessments of several things ATC reports, videos of takeoff, and patterns of wreckage indicate the aircraft’s main electrical system’s failure which took place within seconds of takeoff. It failed to gain the minimum altitude........

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