A plane operated by Air India has crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad, western India shortly after take off.
We’ve just had this from Air India on X: “Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was involved in an incident today, 12 June 2025.
“At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest.”
The aircraft that crashed is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with registration VT-ANB, according to FlightRadar.
SeatGuru says the plane has a total of 256 seats onboard – it’s not known exactly how many of those were occupied.
It was scheduled to land at 18:25 at Gatwick.
The plane’s history shows it regularly flies between India and destinations including Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Melbourne.
Here is what is known so far…
A senior police officer in Ahmedabad tells ANI news agency that the London-bound plane crashed into a doctors’ hostel.
He says police, firefighters and other civic workers reached the spot within minutes. Rescue operations are still ongoing.
The London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people has crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India
Flight AI171 was travelling from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick
There were 169 Indian nationals on the flight, as well as 53 Britons, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals, Air India has said.
Tracking website Flightradar24 says it received the last signal from the aircraft at 625 feet (190m) “just seconds after take off”
Videos from the scene show black smoke rising over a residential area – local police say the plane crashed into accommodation used by doctors.
There were 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew
The plane – a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – gave a mayday call to air traffic control after taking off, but then gave no response
Signal was lost seconds after take-off when the plane had reached 625 feet, according to Flight Radar
The plane came down in a residential area near the airport
“Everyone is running right now trying to save as many lives as possible,” the BBC’s Roxy Gagdekar reports from the scene.
This is a developing story. Will be updated with time…
With agency reports
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