Air India Ahmedabad-London Gatwick plane crash; here's what airlines said

NEW DELHI: Air India connected Thursday said that Flight AI171, operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was "involved successful an incident". The hose stated it is presently gathering details and volition supply updates soon."Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was progressive successful an incidental today, 12 June 2025. At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and volition stock further updates astatine the earliest," an Air India spokesperson said successful a station connected X.The flight, operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner susceptible of carrying implicit 200 passengers. Visuals connected societal media showed heavy achromatic fume implicit the Ahmedabad airport."Air India B787 Aircraft VT-ANB, portion operating formation AI-171 from (Ahmedabad to Gatwick) has crashed instantly aft takeoff from Ahmedabad," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said successful a statement. "There were 242 radical connected board, including 2 pilots and 10 compartment unit members. The formation was commanded by Capt. Sumeet Sabharwal, with First Officer Clive Kundar arsenic co-pilot," DGCA added.In effect to the incident, the DGCA confirmed that 3 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, comprising astir 90 unit were deployed from Gandhinagar to the clang site.Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport formation operations person been temporarily non-operational, and each flights are halted until further notice.