Air India flight to London carrying 242 people crashes in Ahmedabad

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Air flight to London Gatwick in Ahmed Abad in western India was briefly crashed, with 242 people on board.

Air India said that those in the Boeing 787-8 plane, including 169 Indian citizens, as well as 53 British citizens, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. There were also 10 crew of the cabin and two pilots.

“Many people” were killed in the accident, but it did not give a precise number.

Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was more than 10 years, according to Flightradar24, which added that after reaching a height of 625 feet, the plane began to go down a 475-foot header per minute.

Rohan Krishnan, president of the Indian Association of FAMA, said that the trip collided with the BJ Medical College in Ahmed Abad, adding that some students had been transferred to the hospital.

The accident coincides with the first time that 787 were broken, according to the Air Security Network database.

Boeing shares fell 7 percent in the pre -market trade on Thursday.

The company is struggling to restore confidence in the safety of its aircraft after two deadly accidents of its 737 MAX plane in 2018 and 2019. Last week, it confirmed that it will pay $ 1.1 billion to avoid prosecution on accidents, but the families of the 346 victims are fighting the agreement in court.

In 2024, Gabes exploded from Alaska Air Airlines Boeing 737 as a maximum during a flight. The accident pushed an emergency landing, and the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of some aircraft.

“We are aware of the initial reports and are working to collect more information,” Boeing said on Thursday.

Police in Gujarat told the Financial Times that the plane crashed “within 10 minutes” of taking off from the airport in Ahmed Abad.

The Indian aviation organizer said the plane made a Mayday call to monitor air traffic “but then no response was provided by the ATC calls.”

Ahmed Abad Airport was closed later.

UK Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer wrote on Thursday: “The scenes of a plane in London, which carries many British citizens who are disrupted in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, is destroyed.”

He added: “My thoughts with passengers and their families at this very sad time.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “The tragedy was astonished in Ahmed Abad and our sadness. It is sad behind the words,” said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“With a deep sadness, I confirm that the India -India Airlines, which is operating Ahmedabad London Gatwick, was involved in a tragic accident today,” said Natarajan Chandrasikara,

Tata promised to update the carrier, and in 2023, Air India agreed to a deal with Boeing and Airbus to buy 470 new aircraft, one of the largest requests in the history of aviation.

John Stricland, aviation advisor, said Boeing 787 has a “good service record in service”, adding that “it is too early to predict the possible reason”.

Strickland said that India had faced “challenges of contracts from state ownership and mismanagement.”

However, he said that since its sale to Tata, the experienced administration was brought and the transport company began “in the right direction from a operational and commercial terms.”