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Thu Jun 12, 2025, 05:32 AM

Jun 12

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NEW DELHI (AP) — An Air India passenger plane with 244 people onboard crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline and local media reported.
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Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, the director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told The Associated Press that Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787, crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. local time.
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There were 232 passengers and 12 crew members onboard and emergency teams have been activated at the airport, Kidwai said.

The 787 Dreamliner is a widebody, twin-engined plane. This is the first crash ever of a Boeing 787 aircraft, according to the Aviation Safety Network database.
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Plane carrying over 200 crashes in residential area a minute after take-off from Ahmedabad, India [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jun 12 OP

Passenger plane heading for London crashes after take-off in Ahmedabad, India nitpicked Jun 12 #1

I fear this could be even worse nitpicked Jun 12 #2

Oh so sad. applegrove Jun 12 #3

Link to AP nitpicked Jun 12 #4

That's a horrible way to die. William769 Jun 12 #5

Ugh how terribly sad... róisín_dubh Jun 12 #6

Clarification on timing; pilot did give a mayday signal muriel_volestrangler Jun 12 #7

Seeing a lot of speculation that the pilot used too little of the runway Amishman Jun 12 #8

There is video of the plane, right until about a second before the crash muriel_volestrangler Jun 12 #9

You have a few things wrong (former flight instructer here) groundloop Jun 12 #13

But we know the plane did take off, and gained some height. It was after that that something went wrong muriel_volestrangler Jun 12 #14

Saw the video.... looked like he stalled the plane... Happy Hoosier Jun 12 #17

One BBC snip nitpicked Jun 12 #10

Bloomberg radio claim nitpicked Jun 12 #11

BBC live thread clarification nitpicked Jun 12 #12

I didn't see your thread malaise Jun 12 #15

BBC says there is one survivor malaise Jun 12 #16

Latest snip from BBC nitpicked Jun 12 #18

Wow malaise Jun 12 #19

Survivor has talked to the press muriel_volestrangler Jun 12 #20

Another BBC snip nitpicked Jun 12 #21

Death toll now at more than 290 people - Reuters muriel_volestrangler Jun 12 #22

Wow, that is staggering. n/t Xavier Breath Jun 12 #23

Still unclear, but things are weird.... Happy Hoosier Jun 12 #24