- Flight was bound for London's Gatwick Airport
- Police say plane crashed on doctors' hostel
- 30-35 bodies recovered from building
- Plane was Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashes in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon; all 242 onboard killed
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft of Air India crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, resulting in the death of all 242 people onboard. This information was reported by news agency AP, quoting the Gujarat Police Commissioner.
Air India flight number AI-171 was en route from Ahmedabad to London. Onboard were a total of 230 passengers, including 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, 7 Portuguese, and one Canadian citizen. The remaining 12 were crew members.
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, also died in the crash. BJP Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani shared this information on X (formerly Twitter), although he deleted his post shortly afterward.
The plane crashed into a building that houses doctors from Ahmedabad’s Civil Hospital. According to reports, around 50 to 60 doctors were present in the building at the time of the crash, and more than 15 were injured.
Most of the bodies recovered from the crash site are so severely burnt that identification is extremely difficult. Identification will only be possible through DNA testing.
In 2020, an Air India Express plane crashed, killing 21 people.
On August 7, 2020, an Air India Express aircraft crashed after skidding off the runway in Kozhikode, Kerala. The crash resulted in the death of 21 passengers and injuries to 110 others. The flight was part of the Vande Bharat Mission, bringing Indians back from Dubai during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Air India flight number AI-171 took off at 1:38 PM. It crashed at 1:40 PM.
According to reports, the aircraft crashed near the airport wall and the Air Customs Cargo office. As soon as the plane went down, a massive cloud of smoke was seen across the area.
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