US President Donald Trump extended his condolences and offered help India after the devastating accident of Air India in Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12, which left 241 dead and only one known survivor so far from 242 people on board.
In notes to reporters, Trump called an incident “terrible” And he said that the United States is ready to help.
“We saw the plane, it seemed that it was flying quite well, it didn’t seem to explode, seemed that the engines might lose strength,” Trump said at the White House event.
“It’s a big country, a strong country, and they can do it, I’m sure, but I let them know that everything we could do will be immediately,” Trump said. “The US President also said.
The cause of the accident remains investigated and the Indian authorities have launched a high -level probe into a tragedy. The emergency services were rushed to the site of the accident shortly after the plane dropped minutes after take -off from Ahmedabad Airport.
Global condolences pours
Trump’s support statement monitors a wave of global condolences from world leaders who have all expressed grief over tragedy and solidarity with Indian people.
Dreamliner Disaster kills over 200
More than 200 people died in one of the worst air disasters. The aircraft carried 242 passengers and crews – most of them Indian and British nationals – when shortly after departure went down in the residential area.
The aircraft carried 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese citizens, one Canadian and 12 crew members when they went down after takeoff.
The search teams have gained most of the wreckage bodies, while the Indian authorities continued to go through the site to show evidence and possible survivors. So far, only one known survivor has been confirmed.
An American agency that joins to investigate
The US National Transport Safety Council (NTSB) will be led by a team of American investigators traveling to India to support Crash. The X (formerly Twitter) post from NTSB confirmed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) coordinates efforts with Indian counterparts.
“NTSB deploys a team of aviation experts to help Indian investigators understand what has gone wrong,” the agency said. FAA added that it “actively supports” the process because the aircraft was produced by the US.
(Tagstotranslate) Ahmedabad of Flying Crash
