US EditionLondon-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India
- On June 12, 2025, an Air India Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 passengers crashed shortly after departing from Ahmedabad while heading to London Gatwick.
- The plane descended rapidly, sent out a mayday distress call, and collided with a structure where medical professionals and their families lived, located in a densely populated neighborhood of Ahmedabad.
- Rescue teams recovered at least 265 bodies, including over 240 victims of various nationalities, with one survivor confirmed, while searches for missing persons and aircraft parts continued.
- Air India, owned by Tata Group, activated an emergency centre, offered 10 million rupees in financial aid per victim, and Boeing along with British investigators joined the formal inquiry.
- Ahmedabad airport suspended all flights, shares of rival airlines and Boeing fell, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site highlighting ongoing rescue and investigation efforts.
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A plane from Air India crashed in Ahmedabad. The plane crashed shortly after take-off. There are hundreds of dead.
By Christian Edwards, Antoinette Radford and Rhea Mogul, CNN In the blue skies of western India, flight AI171 struggled to gain altitude. The London-bound plane had barely cleared the runway at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday before plummeting to the ground. Video footage shows the plane slowly plummeting behind residential buildings, then a massive fireball erupting. Only one of the 242 people on board the Air India flight survived, according to …
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El EstímuloAir India’s aircraft heading for London crashed on Thursday with more than 240 passengers on board shortly after the departure at Ahmedabad airport in north-west India, authorities reported. Air India’s AI 171 flight to London-Gatwick airport carried 169 Indian passengers, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian, the airline reported. India’s civil aviation authority said the ship was traveling with two pilots and 10 crew members. “The inj…
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