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Air India flight to London carrying 242 people crashes in Ahmedabad

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Last updated: 2025/06/12 at 6:10 AM
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An Air India flight to London Gatwick has crashed in Ahmedabad in western India shortly after take-off, with 242 people on board, according to the country’s aviation regulator.

Police in Gujarat state told the Financial Times that the plane crashed “within 10 minutes” of taking off from the airport in Ahmedabad.

The Indian aviation regulator said the aircraft made a mayday call to air traffic control “but thereafter no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC”.

It said that the 242 on board included two pilots and 10 cabin crew, adding that the aircraft fell outside the airport perimeter immediately after departure and that heavy black smoke was then seen from the accident site.

The plane was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that was more than 10 years old, according to Flightradar24.

“Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was involved in an incident today, 12 June 2025. At this moment, we are ascertaining the details,” Air India posted on X.

The airport was subsequently closed.

Firefighters work at the crash site © Ajit Solanki/AP

Gatwick airport said: “We can confirm that flight AI171 that crashed on departure from Ahmedabad airport today was due to land at London Gatwick at 18:25.”

N Chandrasekaran, chair of Tata, which took over the airline from state control in 2022, said: “With profound sorrow I confirm that Air India Flight 171 operating Ahmedabad London Gatwick was involved in a tragic accident today.”

Tata had promised to modernise the carrier, and, in 2023, Air India agreed a deal with Boeing and Airbus to buy 470 new aircraft, one of the largest orders in aviation history.

Campbell Wilson, the airline’s chief executive, told the FT in 2023 that the modernisation plan was “the biggest aviation turnaround . . . that I am ever aware of”.

The crash comes as Boeing battles to restore confidence in the safety of its planes after two fatal crashes of its 737 Max aircraft in 2018 and 2019. Last week, it confirmed it would pay $1.1bn to avoid prosecution over the crashes, but families of the 346 victims are fighting the agreement in court.

In 2024, a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max during a flight. The incident prompted an emergency landing and the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of some aircraft.

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