Air India London – bound flights crashes in Ahmedabad

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A London-bound Air India plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, with 242 people on board, crashed in the Meghani area near the Ahmedabad airport five minutes after the take-off on Thursday. The captain gave a mayday call to the Air Traffic Control before the crash.

In Short

Flight was Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board, crashed 5 minut5es

Crash occurred five minutes after take-off, visuals showed thick smoke in area

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was among 230 passengers on the flight

An Air India flight to London crashed five minutes after take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon. The flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carried 242 people, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members. Visuals from the Meghani area where the plane crashed showed thick black smoke encompassing the air.

The flight was identified as Air India 171, which online flight trackers showed as a 1:10 pm service from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport in London. The plane was being flown by Captain Sumeet Sabharwal and First Officer Clive Kundar.

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