Plane Crash
Air India's Ahmedabad-London flight with 242 on board crashes on takeoff
This story was originally published at 16:31 IST on 12 June 2025
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--Air India Chairman: Ahmedabad-London flight involved in tragic accident
--Air India Chairman: Primary focus on supporting all affected, families
--Air India Chairman: Doing everything to assist emergency response teams
--Air India Chairman: Activated emergency centre, support team for families
--Ahmedabad airport spokesperson: All flight operations suspended
--Ahmedabad airport:Air India flight to London crashed shortly after takeoff
--Ahmedabad airport: Air India flight to London crashed outside airport
--DGCA: Crashed Air India flight had 242 persons on board with 2 pilots
--DGCA: Air India plane fell outside airport immediately after departure
--DGCA: Heavy black smoke was seen coming from Air India plane crash site
--Civil aviation minister on Air India flight crash: On highest alert
--Civil aviation minister on Air India flight crash: Monitoring situation
--Civil aviation minister: Told aviation agencies to take action
--Civil aviation minister: Told emergency response agencies to take action
--Civil aviation minister on Air India crash: Mobilised rescue teams
--Civil aviation minister on Air India crash:Medical aid being rushed to site
AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI – Air India Flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to London's Gatwick airport, with 242 people on board, crashed into a residential area soon after takeoff, various news agencies reported. Preliminary reports suggested the plane crashed into a hostel of the BJ Medical Institute outside the airport compound. Details of casualties were still awaited.
Air India, in a statement, confirmed that Flight AI-171 was involved in an accident after takeoff. "The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hrs, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft," the airline said in its statement. "Of the (passengers), 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 (is a) Canadian national and 7 (are) Portuguese nationals. The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals."
Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said rescue teams had been mobilised and he is monitoring the situation and has directed all aviation and emergency response agencies to take swift action. "We are on highest alert," Naidu said in a post on microblogging site X. "All efforts are being made to ensure medical aid and relief support are being rushed to the site. My thoughts and prayers are with all those on board and their families."
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said the flight, operated with a Boeing 787 aircraft with the call sign VT-ANB, crashed immediately after takeoff. The plane was carrying 230 passengers, two pilots, and 10 cabin crew.
A defence ministry spokesperson said in a statement that a medical team and rescue personnel of the Indian armed forces had been deployed for rescue operations.
A spokesperson for the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport said in a statement that all flight operations at the airport had been suspended until further notice. The spokesperson also advised passengers to check with their airlines for the latest updates before proceeding to the airport.
N. Chandrasekaran, Air India chairman, confirmed that the Ahmedabad-London flight was "involved in a tragic accident" and the airline's primary focus is to support all the affected people and their families. He said the airline is doing everything to assist emergency response teams and had activated its emergency centre and support teams for families.
Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Enterprises, whose subsidiary, Adani Airports Holding Ltd., manages the airport, said in a message on social media that their teams are working closely with all the relevant authorities and extending full support to the families on the ground. End
Reported by Sunil Raghu, Srijita Bose, and Shubham Rana
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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