AI-171 wreckage moved for probe: Truck carrying tail section gets stuck in tree near Shahibaug; traffic halted as police clear path

AHMEDABAD: During the clearance of the Air India Flight 171 crash site in Ahmedabad on Sunday, a truck carrying the aircraft’s tail section got stuck near the ACB office near Shahibaug Dafnala after the tail became entangled in a tree.The mishap occurred while the truck was moving the wreckage for further examination. As the tailpiece got lodged in the tree, police authorities were forced to block the road from Shahibaug Dafnala to Camp Hanuman Mandir to ensure safety and allow emergency teams to intervene.Personnel from the police department arrived at the spot along with some locals and detached the tail portion from the tree after trimming branches without causing further obstruction or damage.Traffic on the busy stretch was halted for some time, causing inconvenience to commuters. However, police officials managed to complete the operation swiftly. Once the wreckage was freed and the truck resumed its journey, the road was reopened for public movement.No injuries or property damage were reported in the incident. The aircraft parts are being transported under supervision as part of the ongoing investigation and reconstruction process following the crash of AI171, said ACP of G division VN Yadav.

The wreckage will be kept in a hangar for further inquiry into the case, which is being conducted by multiple national and international agencies.On June 12, the AI171 airplane bound for London from the SVPI (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel) airport in Ahmedabad city crashed in Meghaninagar, in which 241 passengers were killed.