NEW DELHI: An Air India formation crashed connected Thursday soon aft takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport successful Ahmedabad. The London-bound formation had implicit 242 passengers connected board.
Here's what we cognize truthful far:
- The nonstop crushed down the clang is unknown.
- Union location curate Amit Shah spoke to the Gujarat CM and took banal of the sutuation.
- Air India reacted to the incidental and said that the airlines was trying to "ascertaining the details". "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 connected http://airindia.com and connected our X handle," it said successful a station connected X.
- Three National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, comprising 90 personnel, person been moved from Gandhinagar to the level clang site. A full of 3 much teams are being moved from Vadodara, NDRF informed.
- Lok Sabha MP Yusuf Pathan expressed daze implicit the incidental saying, "Very shocked to perceive astir the Air India Ahmedabad-London formation incidental adjacent Ahmedabad airport. Praying for the information of each passengers and crew."