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Ahmedabad: A plane has crashed in Gujarat’s Meghani area near Ahmedabad airport. Visuals of the plane crash site shared by PTI shows thick willow of smoke emanating from the area.
Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane has crashed in Ahmedabad. It had 242 passengers on board, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
Among the passengers, there were 53 British, 7 Portuguese and one Canadian citizen. So far 100 bodies have been recovered from the accident site.
The building the plane collided with houses doctors of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. According to information, 15 doctors have been injured.
Air India flight number AI-171 took off at 1:38 pm. It crashed at 1:40 pm.
According to information, the plane crashed near the airport wall and the Air Custom Cargo Office. As soon as the plane fell, a cloud of smoke was seen in the entire area.
According to a CNN-News18 report, there were 242 people aboard the plane.
Major tragedy. Air India passenger aircraft crashes in Meghani of Ahemdabad of Gujarat while take off. More details are awaited. pic.twitter.com/5Kqs01cBqk
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) June 12, 2025
The flight crashed into a residential area…
Not just the passengers onboard, even innocent locals may have lost their lives in this tragic incident.
Truly heartbreaking….#Ahmedabad #AirIndia pic.twitter.com/pv74YJnANz— Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) June 12, 2025
