The Air India Ahmedabad plane crash, India’s deadliest in three decades, occurred barely 3km from the city’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
Ahmedabad plane crash live updates: An Air India plane carrying 242 passengers crashed after takeoff in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad airport. Visuals of the plane crash circulated on social media show plumes of dark smoke in the sky. As per a report by ANI, at least 242 passengers were on board the plane.
Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon witnessed one of the catastrophic aviation disasters when Air India’s London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AI171) crashed near a densely populated locality just 33 seconds after takeoff, killing at least 260 people.
The Ahmedabad plane crash — India’s deadliest in three decades — occurred barely 3 km from the city’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The aircraft, carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members, rammed into a doctors’ hostel of BJ Medical College in the Meghani Nagar area, turning the structure into a charred wreck. Among the victims was former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani.
In a statement, Air India said the Boeing aircraft had 169 Indian passengers, 53 British, 7 Portuguese, and 1 Canadian passenger. Of all passengers onboard, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin seated at 11A, survived the tragedy. Follow live updates on Ahmedabad plane crash
DGCA statement hints at dual engine failure#
DGCA in its statement said the pilots gave a MAYDAY call seconds after take-off, further supporting the theory that a dual engine failure occurred probably after the aircraft crossed the speed beyond which a take-off cannot be safely aborted.
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived.
At least five medical students in a college hostel were killed when the plane hit the building and burst into flames, according to a medical association officer.
“Most of the bodies have been charred beyond recognition,” said Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer in the city in northwestern India.
Indian Home Minister Amit Shah confirmed that he met the sole survivor at the hospital. A doctor said he had examined the survivor, whom he identified as Vishwashkumar Ramesh.
“He was disoriented with multiple injuries all over his body,” Dr. Dhaval Gameti told The Associated Press. “But he seems to be out of danger.”
Vijay Rupani Death: Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani killed in Ahmedabad plane crash#
Air India Plane Crash, Vijay Rupani Death News: The flight was carrying 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian national, apart from two pilots and 10 cabin crew members.
Vijay Rupani Death News: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani died on Thursday after an Air India aircraft carrying him and 241 others crashed near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport airport in Ahmedabad in the afternoon, Union Minister of Jal Shakti and Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil announced on Thursday evening.
A BJP leader, Rupani served as the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 till 2021, after winning the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections from Rajkot seat.
The London-bound flight AI 171, which Rupani took on Monday, was carrying 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian national, apart from two pilots and 10 cabin crew members.
Passenger on seat 11A survived Air India crash, says trouble started 30 seconds into flight#
Vishwash, a British national, was in India for a few days to visit his family and was going back to the UK along with his brother, Ajay Kumar Ramesh (45)
As relatives of those aboard the Air India flight desperately look for their loved ones at the Civil Hospital, Asarwa in Ahmedabad, on a bed in the general ward lies 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who said he survived the deadly crash.
“Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly,” Vishwash, who received “impact injuries” on his chest, eyes and feet, told HT.