A devastating crash has occurred in India.
A passenger plane from Air India carrying 242 people onboard crashed just minutes after takeoff on June 12 in the western city of Ahmedabad, according to NBC News, citing the airline and Indian government.
The plane bound for London’s Gatwick airport carried 230 passengers and 12 crew members, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. Among the passengers were 160 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals, Air India shared in a statement on X, confirming the airline was cooperating fully with authorities and that “injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals.”
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed in a civilian area, per Reuters, with a senior police officer telling reporters, “The building on which it has crashed is a doctors’ hostel… we have cleared almost 70 percent to 80 percent of the area and will clear the rest soon.”
There have been no confirmed casualty figures at the time of publishing.