Saturday, 14 June 2025

Air India flight crashes with over 240 on board Boeing 787 Dreamliner


Global News has the story.

An Air India flight headed to London’s Gatwick Airport with 242 passengers on board crashed into a hostel associated with a medical college in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. The crash took place five minutes after takeoff. Officials said there were no survivors but reports are emerging of a lone survivor. 
 
On board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner included 168 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian.
  
Footage captured parts of the plane's body, luggage and debris scattered around the impacted building – as well as smoldering vehicles nearby. The tail of the plane was left embedded into the dining room at B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital.

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