An Air India passenger plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, shortly after taking off for London's Gatwick airport, the airline and ...

An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel met with the family of Vijay Rupani, whose final rites are expected to be held in Rajkot.

In a heartbreaking turn of events, two young sisters in London have been orphaned after their father, Arjun Patoliya, perished in the Ahmedabad plane

Seconds after the distress call, ATC responded but the plane had crashed by then, killing 241 people on board.

The tragedy struck on June 12, 2025, when Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, bound for London. The flight issued a mayday call shortly after takeoff and crashed into a hospital hostel near the airport, bursting into flames on impact.