A London-bound Air India airplane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed in a residential space minutes after taking off from Gujarat’s Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon.
All 242 passengers on board the Air India flight have been confirmed lifeless after the plane crashed close to Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, in accordance with town police chief. The flight, which was en path to London, crashed simply minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon.
‘Now we have misplaced lots of people’: MEA on Air India flight crash
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) on Thursday confirmed {that a} important variety of lives had been misplaced within the tragic aviation incident involving an Air India flight.
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, “What has occurred in Ahmedabad is a really tragic accident. Now we have misplaced lots of people. We prolong our deepest condolences to all those that have misplaced their family members. There are a number of foreigners. You’ll obtain the updates from the related departments: the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Air India, and others. That’s the newest I can share. It’s an evolving scenario. The rescue operations are on. We have to wait slightly extra time for precise particulars to be put out…”
Air India flight crashed
A London-bound Air India airplane crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon. Many individuals are feared to be killed. In accordance with Air India, the Boeing 787-8 plane from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick was carrying 242 passengers and crew members. Of those, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian nationwide.
There have been 169 Indians, 53 British, one Canadian and 7 Portuguese nationals onboard the ill-fated Air India flight AI 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick. The flight, which departed from Ahmedabad at 1338 hrs, was carrying 242 passengers and crew members onboard the Boeing 787-8 plane, Air India stated in a press release on the social media platform ‘X’.
“Of those, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian nationwide and seven Portuguese nationals,” it stated.
The injured are being taken to the closest hospitals, the airline stated. “Now we have additionally arrange a devoted passenger hotline quantity 1800 5691 444 to supply extra data,” it stated.
Air India additionally stated that it’s giving its full cooperation to the authorities investigating the incident.