Air India crash: Hundreds killed after London-bound flight crashes near Ahmedabad airport, as it happened
Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, had 242 people on board.
The back of the Air India plane is seen after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on Jun 12, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Central Industrial Security Force/X/Handout)
NEW DELHI:Â Thick plumes of smoke towered above India's Ahmedabad airport on Thursday (Jun 12) after a London-bound passenger jet with 242 people aboard crashed shortly after take-off.
Only one person is known to have survived.Â
Casualties on the ground include students from a medical hostel.
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Source: Agencies/nh
