Ahmedabad plane crash: Air India victims’ kin sue Boeing, Honeywell; blame fuel cutoff switches that FAA cleared as ‘safe’

The families of four victims of the June 12 crash of Air India Flight AI171 have filed a lawsuit against US planemaker Boeing and aerospace supplier Honeywell, alleging that faulty cockpit fuel switches caused the deadly accident that killed 260 people.The complaint, lodged in Delaware Superior Court on Tuesday, claims the accident occurred seconds after…

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Private capex jump unlikely in FY26: S&P

MUMBAI: While a jump in capital expenditure is unlikely this fiscal year, the prospects for the economic growth catalyst are much better over a medium-to-long term, an arm of global rating agency S&P said on Wednesday. Companies are likely to invest upward of $800 billion over the next five years, S&P Global said. “There is…

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Vedanta demerger: Final hearing on October 8

MUMBAI: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Wednesday deferred the hearing on Vedanta’s ambitious demerger proposal to Oct 8, as the ministry of petroleum and natural gas objected to the scheme, citing a lack of necessary disclosures. The Mumbai bench of NCLT also directed Vedanta and the ministry to file written submissions in five…

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