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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Bill Bowkett

Revealed: Air India captain's chilling last 'mayday' call before horror crash that killed 241 passengers

The captain of the doomed Air India flight warned his engine was “losing power” just moments before crashing in a huge fireball.

Sumeet Sabharwal and his co-pilot Clive Kundar cried “mayday” as they lost altitude moments after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday morning.

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