Air India 787 crashes upon take-off at Ahmedabad Airport (12 June 2025)

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A lot of speculation online about the cause of the crash. I'm keen to find out too, of course. As a pax, I always think modern jets like the 787 are safe...

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Thanks for sharing, Caravelle! Albania was not on my radar, but the city looks very lively and interesting!

By the way, I could only view...

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Thank you very much StarG!



Yes, it was a good start to the trip. The 2 hour A321 sector IST-FCO wasn't too bad. At least it...

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Oh no, there are news reports of Air India flight AI 171 from Ahmedabad to London crashing shortly after take-off earlier today. This appears to be a...

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News just in, Jetstar Asia will cease operations at the end of July this year.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/busi...tstar-asia-clo...

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Thank you, jammed! It was an absolutely wonderful trip! More coming up in the rest of the TR!...

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Thanks very much, SQ218!

Yes, IST was impressive, especially the shopping areas and the TK Lounge. However, I felt the terminal was just...

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The airport was quite quiet when we landed close to midnight. Immigration was quick, and there was just a short wait for luggage. There were no queues...

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After dinner, I reclined my seat to rest. Not a whole lot of recline, but again, this was just a 2.5 hour sector.



Nice ambience...

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Dinner was served on this flight...



The menu...



A nice selection of beverages, including wines and...

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It was approaching dusk in Istanbul...



Our next flight, TK1361 from Istanbul to Rome, was schedule to depart at 9:50pm. As...

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Overall, I was very impressed by TK's Miles & Smiles lounge at Istanbul Airport. It was a large, comfortable lounge with a superbly conceived catering...

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There was a bag stowage area in the lounge for pax to store their luggage while in the lounge, or while they shopped downstairs.


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Desserts included cakes and traditional Turkish desserts like baclava...



Traditional Turkish tea...


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There was a very impressive salad station and cold buffet.



At the salad bar were some really amazing long green chilli's....

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We headed up the escalator to the TK Miles & Smiles Lounge...



To enter the lounge, you simply scanned your boarding pass...

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We wandered through the airside shopping area, hunting for signage telling us where the TK Lounge was...


Finally, some signage...

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Finally we reached the arrivals/transfer area...


This airport was so vast that even the wheelchairs for assisted passengers...

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After arriving at our gate, we were among the first off the plane.

Inside the terminal, it was a very, very, long walk along multiple moving...

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One hour 40 minutes left to run before landing in Istanbul...



More nice views out the left side windows as we approached Istanbul......