Ahmedabad Air India plane crash
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In a heartbreaking turn of events, two young sisters in London have been orphaned after their father, Arjun Patoliya, perished in the Ahmedabad plane
An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger
Ahmedabad: After a tragic airplane crash near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad that claimed the lives of 265 people, Air India has changed the flight number of the Ahmedabad-Gatwick route (from Ahmedabad to London). This was done to erase the painful memories of the crash.
An Air India passenger plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, soon after departing for London's Gatwick airport, the airline and ...
The AI-171 Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 aeroplane bound for London's Gatwick had crashed shortly after it took off from the Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday. The airlines said only one out of the 242 people on board the aircraft survived the crash.
The tragedy struck on June 12, 2025, when Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, bound for London. The flight issued a mayday call shortly after takeoff and crashed into a hospital hostel near the airport, bursting into flames on impact.