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: 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.
Casualties on the ground include students from a medical hostel.
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(Photo: AFP/Central Industrial Security Force/X/Handout) NEW DELHI: 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.
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