(12 Jun 2025)
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Ahmedabad, India – 12 June 2025
1. Various of debris of the aircraft, firefighters, rescuers on site
2. Part of the crashed aircraft stuck in top of building
STORYLINE:
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, and there were no known survivors, officials said.
Black smoke billowed from the site where the plane went down in a populated area near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city of more than 5 million and the capital of Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state.
Firefighters doused the smoking wreckage of the plane, which would have been fully loaded with fuel shortly after takeoff, and adjacent multistorey buildings with water.
Many charred bodies lay on the ground and one was carried away on a stretcher by first responders.
Indian television news channels reported the plane crashed on top of the dining area of a medical college hostel.
It was unclear if any medical students were present inside the building at the time of the crash.
The tail cone of the plane with damaged stabilizer fins still attached was lodged near the top of one building.
The airline said the Gatwick Airport-bound flight was carrying 242 passengers and crew.
Of those, Air India said there were 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian.
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, the director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told AP that Air India flight 171, a Boeing 787-8, crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. local time.
He said 244 people were on board and it was not immediately possible to reconcile the discrepancy with Air India’s numbers.
All efforts were being made to ensure medical aid and relief support at the site, India’s Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu posted on X.
The Indian army said in a statement that its teams were assisting civil authorities to clear debris and help treat the injured.
AP video by Ajit Solanki
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