Air India flight AI-171 crashed after takeoff from Ahmedabad, en route to London Gatwick on Thursday. The Boeing 787-8 carried 242 people (230 passengers and 12 crew). 241 fatalities were confirmed. One survivor, a British national of Indian origin, is hospitalized. Air India is providing support and cooperating with the investigation. (This summary is generated via AI.)
The prime minister arrives at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport here and drives straight to the crash site in the Meghaninagar area
Mahadev Pawar (68) and his wife Asha (60) hailed from Hatid village in Sangola tehsil of Solapur
Kapur (53) was the chairman of auto components firm Sona Comstar
Kanchan had left Ludhiana on Monday after informing her family that she was going to attend a promotional event in Bathinda
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Viswash said when he got up after the crash, all he could see were bodies around him
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The National Transportation Safety Board said that as per international protocols under the International Civil Aviation Organisation, all information on the investigation will be provided by the Government of India
Despite its strong safety record, the plane has struggled with technical defects and safety issues in the past, including lithium-ion battery problems, hydraulic and fuel leaks, flap malfunctions, and structural integrity concerns
The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed minutes after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport
Rescue operations under way at the site of the crash in Meghaninagar close to Ahmedabad international airport
Several cars and vehicles parked in the premises also caught fire, says an eyewitness
A control room has also been set up in Ahmedabad and the numbers are 9978405304/079-23251900
The Chief Minister spoke to Chief Secretary Pankaj Joshi and senior officials, directing them to mobilise all resources without delay
Rupani, 68, was the chief minister from 2016 till 2021, after winning the Gujarat Assembly election from the Rajkot West seat