From CBS News: An Air India passenger plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, soon after departing for London’s Gatwick airport, the airline and officials said. A police official told The Associated Press there were no known survivors from the plane, and there were also likely casualties on the ground as the aircraft careened into buildings.
“Air India confirms that flight AI171, from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was involved in an accident today after take-off,” Air India said in a statement posted on social media.
The airline said that the plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, departed at 1:38 p.m. local time carrying 242 people.
“Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals. The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals,” Air India said.
“It appears there are no survivors in the plane crash,” Ahmedabad Police Commissioner G.S. Malik said. “As the plane has fallen in a residential area which also had offices, some locals would have also died.”
In an update, the Associated Press reported that part of the plane fell on top of the dining area of B.J. Medical College, killing at least five medical students and injuring nearly 50, some critically.
A video posted on X shows the full sequence of the takeoff and resulting crash in just a one-minute span.
The plane barely even got off the ground.
The full sequence from take-off to crash—final moments of Air India 171 captured on CCTV. Clear catastrophic lack of lift just seconds after liftoff. pic.twitter.com/l6UAzZ3wtJ
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) June 12, 2025
Another video shows the plane crashing:
Please pray for those who lost their lives in the Air India plane crash that had 242 passengers on board.
Info: ANI pic.twitter.com/syzVZN3PAa
— Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) June 12, 2025
Horrific visuals from the Ahmedabad medical college building, where the plane crashed.#AirIndia #AhmedabadNews #Gujarat #PlaneCrash #AirIndia pic.twitter.com/Mnn3tp3aYR
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) June 12, 2025
The CEO of Air India released a sober video statement about the crash:
Message from Campbell Wilson, MD & CEO, Air India. pic.twitter.com/19MiwtkwAI
— Air India (@airindia) June 12, 2025
One person posted on X that he had just been on the same plane two hours earlier:
🙏❤️🧿JAI SHREE RADHEY KRISHNA JI🧿❤️🙏
People who wanted to check the credibility. Here’s my boarding pass. Man, why would I firstly record video of the same plane and then post it?
There’s are negative people are around. pic.twitter.com/yxt6QUIUis
— Akash Vatsa (@akku92) June 12, 2025
“I Flew on the Same Plane Just Hours Before It Crashed” — Akash Vatsa’s Chilling Account of Air India Flight AI171
Akash Vatsa, a passenger who flew on Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Delhi to Ahmedabad just two hours before the tragic crash of Flight AI171, shared a… pic.twitter.com/0XWmkJO5o0
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) June 12, 2025
We are in contact with Air India regarding Flight 171 and stand ready to support them. Our thoughts are with the passengers, crew, first responders and all affected. pic.twitter.com/kYrdKyvl7z
— Boeing Airplanes (@BoeingAirplanes) June 12, 2025
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