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2025-06-12 India-Pakistan

Air India flight [787] bound for London crashes; all 242 on board are believed to be dead

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-12 10:14|| || Front Page|| [118 views ] Top

#1 Miracle escape of 'seat 11A' as British SURVIVOR is seen WALKING AWAY from Air India crash jet on local TV, after police said they feared all 244 on board Gatwick-bound flight had died

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-12 11:24|| 2025-06-12 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 and the ducks quack ...

Experts float 'most likely' theory on cause of Boeing 787 crash that killed 242 people - including 53 Brits - just after it took off in India headed for Gatwick

Passenger's chilling video 'shows "nothing working" from air con to TV screens on doomed Air India jet hours before Gatwick-bound flight crashed in deadly fireball'

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-12 13:01|| 2025-06-12 13:01|| Front Page Top

#3 More from Zero Hedge

tl;dr: plane took off from halfway down the runway as soon as it reached VR speed. No flaps. Pilot error(s).

Posted by SteveS 2025-06-12 13:23|| 2025-06-12 13:23|| Front Page Top

Insane. New footage captures the crash of Air India Flight 171 this morning.
https://t.co/TWAw3sSJe0
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 12, 2025

Posted by badanov 2025-06-12 14:11|| 2025-06-12 14:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Looky-Loos or Looters?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-12 14:48|| 2025-06-12 14:48|| Front Page Top

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