This is probably the most tragic plane crash in recent years.
An Air India flight carrying over 242 people has crashed in India.
The Boeing aircraft’s pilot issued a Mayday call shortly after taking off and minutes later descended into a fiery crash.
The flight took off from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport and was heading to London.
NBC News had more details on teh tragic crash:
There appeared to be no survivors among the 242 passengers and crew aboard an Air India plane that crashed near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, the city’s police commissioner said Thursday.
Footage posted to social media shortly after the crash and verified by NBC News shows plumes of thick, black smoke rising from a civilian location to the south of the airport.
“It appears there are no survivors in the plane crash,” G.S. Malik, police commissioner for Ahmedabad, told The Associated Press, adding that “some locals would have also died” when the plane crashed into a residential area where offices were also located.
“Exact figures on casualties are being ascertained,” he said.
The flight crashed midday local time shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport with 242 people aboard.
Kanan Desai, a top city police official, later told Reuters that 204 bodies had so far been recovered from the crash site and brought to local hospitals. That figure could also include those who died on the ground from the impact, he added.
BREAKING: Air India plane crashed into doctor's hostel in Ahmedabad – photos from crash site pic.twitter.com/Dh2PUKm103
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) June 12, 2025
Air India Dreamliner crash flight AI171
A sad day for aviation @AirNavRadar
— Flight Emergency (@FlightEmergency) June 12, 2025
The plane crash also killed medical students in a building where parts of the plane fell.
Per AP:
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.
That’s according to Divyansh Singh, vice president of the Federation of All India Medical Association, a national body that represents resident doctors across the country.
“Some of the injured are critical. We are in close contact with our peers in the hospital who are on a lookout for more people feared buried in the debris,” he said.
'It doesn't matter how good or bad we are, bad things can happen.'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reacts to the Air India plane crash. He says he 'shudders' when he sees these kind of incidents happen after being in a plane crash himself.
📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 pic.twitter.com/UfqnjL0LXt
— GB News (@GBNEWS) June 12, 2025
Join the conversation!
Please share your thoughts about this article below. We value your opinions, and would love to see you add to the discussion!