It happened shortly after taking off, bound for the UK. Muchadenga macho makutotyisaA PASSENGER plane heading to London has crash landed in India.
At least 242 people were on board the Air India aircraft as it smashed into the ground near to an airport in Ahmedabad.
Advertisementflight tracking website showed Flight AI171 destined for London Gatwick Airport departing around the time of the accident. The aircraft is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
Air India confirmed the flight was involved in an incident and said "we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest" in a post on X.
There were more than 100 people on board the flight, Indian media outlets reported, and it crashed when taking off.Video footage from the scene shows a large plume of thick black smoke.
"A plane crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the airport. It is not yet clear what type of plane it was," said Ahmedabad police commissioner, GS Malik, the Press Trust of India reported.
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