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An Air India air passenger plane crashed into the western city of Ahmedabad Indian Thursday afternoon, shortly after departure for London Gatwick Airport, the airline and the managers said.
“Air India confirms that the AI171 flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, was involved in an accident today after takeoff,” said Air India a declaration Published on social networks.
He said the flight, a Dreamliner Boeing 787-8 plane left at 1:38 p.m. local time and transported 242 passengers and crew members.
“Among these, 169 are Indian nationals, 53 are British nationals, 1 Canadian national and 7 Portuguese nationals. The injured are in development in the nearest hospitals,” said Air India.
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Local media said the plane crashed into a medical student building. There were unconfirmed reports of more than 100 deaths, but there was no immediate confirmation of the authorities.
The Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, told the Associated Press that the AI171 flight crashed just five minutes after takeoff. Live flight tracking website The flight radar said He received a final signal from Flight AI171 just a few seconds after taking off. The flight trajectory on the flight radar has shown that the plane moving southwest of the airport at a short distance before the path stops.
The Indian Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu declared in a declaration Posted on social networks that it was “shocked and devastated to learn about the flight accident in Ahmedabad”.
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Kinjarapu said that civil servants were “on the highest alert” and that he “personally monitored this situation” and had “ordered all aviation and urgency intervention agencies to take rapid and coordinated measures”.
“The rescue teams have been mobilized and all the efforts are made to ensure medical aid and support for help are precipitated on the site,” said Kinjarapu.
Gatwick Airport confirmed in a statement that the AI171 flight was “crushed from Ahmedabad airport today”. The airport said the plane was due to land in Gatwick, which is just south of London, at 6:25 p.m. local time (1:25 p.m.).
An unaccompanied video, shared online by Indian Network NDTV, allegedly showed the crash. A jet of passengers with Air India marks is seen flying low on the buildings before disappearing behind them, immediately followed by a huge explosion and a fireball from the ground. No fire or explosion can be seen on the plane before it disappears.
Indian television channels have shown thick smoke rising from the accident site, with certain images showing significant damage to buildings.
