Air India Plane Crash In Ahmedabad

Air India Plane Crash In Ahmedabad

(250613) -- BEIJING, June 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers are pictured near the debris of an Air India plane at the crash site in Ahmedabad of India's Gujarat state, June 12, 2025. Aviation authorities have found one of the two black boxes of the Air India flight that crashed in the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing 241 on board, local newspaper Hindustan Times said. The London-bound flight crashed on Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, about 17 km south of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

India offers to sell 18 fighter jets to Malaysia

STORY: India offers to sell 18 fighter jets to Malaysia DATELINE: Aug. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of gov't buildings 3. various of Tejas aircraft 4. various of Tejas aircraft in air show 5. various of traffic STORYLINE: India's federal defense ministry on Friday said it has offered to sell 18 indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas to Malaysia. The ministry said the six countries of Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia and the Philippines have also shown interest in the single-engine fighter jet. Last year, the Indian government approved the purchase of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at the cost of over 6 billion U.S. dollars from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a defense public sector undertaking (PSU) under India's defense ministry. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)