A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed into a residential area (Meghani nagar) moments after taking off at 1:38 p.m. from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday (June 11, 2025) afternoon. Several casualties are feared.
The Air India flight was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner twin jet carrying a total of 230 passengers and 12 crew members with Pilot in Command Sumit Sabharwal and co-Pilot Clive Kunder.
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The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 13.38 p.m., was carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals.
Here are a few pictures from the accident site from our staff photographer:
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Reports from the State Medical Association notes that the London-bound aircraft crashed directly on the BJ Medical College UG hostel mess, in Meghani Nagar, Ahmedabad.
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A part of the plane stuck in the building of the BJ hostel, which has suffered damages.
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“Around 400 CISF personnel who were deployed at Ahmedabad airport pressed into rescue operations,” a CISF official said.
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The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 13:38, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. Of these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals. Western Railway Medical Team and RPF personnel have been deployed for assisting in rescue operations.
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The plane crash came as a sudden shock to students and several MBBS students were admitted to hospitals.
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The Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) claimed that students were present at the hostel mess at the time of the plane crash.
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All flight operations have been temporarily suspended at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here following the crash of an Air India flight to London.
Published – June 12, 2025 04:40 pm IST
