Ahmedabad plane crash updates: 241 dead, only 1 survivor; efforts on to recover black box
"We regret to inform that of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities," the airline said in a statement issued late Thursday.
(L-R) Ahmedabad plane crash: Rescue and relief work underway; Body of a victim being carried on a stretcher outside the post-mortem room (PTI)
CHENNAI: A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed into a medical college complex here and burst into a ball of fire on Thursday moments after takeoff, possibly killing almost everyone on board in one of the country's worst air disasters.
According to Air India, of the 230 passengers, 169 were Indians, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. The other 12 were two pilots and 10 crew members.
"We regret to inform that of the 242 aboard, there are 241 confirmed fatalities," the airline said in a statement issued late Thursday. It said the sole survivor is a British national of Indian origin and is being treated in a hospital.
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was among the dead.
The twin-engine wide-bodied aircraft crashed in the city civil hospital and BJ Medical College outside the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport perimeter, in Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad, around 2 pm
Meanwhile, efforts are on recover the black box of the flight as its analysis will provide vital clues about what triggered the disaster, said police and Fire Brigade officials on Friday.
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- 13 Jun 2025 9:10 PM IST
#WATCH | #AirIndiaPlaneCrash | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Dr Prateek Joshi, a radiologist working in London, his wife, Dr Komi Joshi, a pathologist working in Rajasthan, and their three children, a 9-year-old girl and 4-year-old twin boys, were among 241 passengers who lost their lives… pic.twitter.com/g849fX2jqn
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13 Jun 2025 9:07 PM ISTFormer Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said the Tata Group needs to fine-tune key aspects of Air India’s operations, including maintenance, in the wake of the crash of its Dreamliner aircraft in Ahmedabad.
“After three-and-a-half years of the takeover of Air India by the Tatas, the management needs to fine-tune various aspects of running a world-class airline, including maintenance,” Patel told reporters.
- 13 Jun 2025 9:04 PM IST
Black box recovered from AI crash site
Investigators recovered a Black box of the London-bound Air India plane from the rooftop of a medical college hostel here a day after it crashed and rammed into the building, as they scoured through the debris for clues to the cause of the worst air tragedy in the country in three decades.
"The DFDR (Black box) has been recovered from the rooftop," an AAIB statement said, without giving details.
Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said the DFDR has been recovered within 28 hours from the accident site by the AAIB.
- 13 Jun 2025 8:59 PM IST
Tata Group will not retreat from its responsibilities, from doing what is right even though it is a "difficult" time, Chairman N Chandrasekaran said while emphasizing that the group, which owns Air India, will be transparent in its communication on the plane crash.
"We owe it to the families and loved ones, to our pilots and crew, and to you. Tata Group takes its responsibility to society seriously, and that includes being open about what occurred yesterday," he said.
- 13 Jun 2025 8:47 PM IST
Aviation watchdog DGCA ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet, a day after 241 people onboard died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad.
- 13 Jun 2025 8:44 PM IST
The Trinamool Congress on Friday demanded a “thorough and unbiased” investigation to “uncover the truth”.
In a post on X, the party’s spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said attempts shouldn’t be made to establish theories like “bird hit” even before a proper investigation is completed.
- 13 Jun 2025 8:40 PM IST
Crew member Nganthoi's family leave for Ahmedabad for DNA tests
A sister and a cousin of Kongbrailatpam Nganthoi Sharma, who was among the 12 cabin crew members onboard the Air India flight that crashed a day ago, left for Ahmedabad for DNA testing, family members said on Friday.
"A doctor from Gujarat called us and said Nganthoi's name was not on the list of injured persons. He asked us to reach Ahmedabad for DNA tests to identify her body," cousin N Khenjita told PTI.
- 13 Jun 2025 5:11 PM IST
Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of Air India's AI 171 crash, said he still cannot believe how he miraculously survived the accident of the ill-fated London-bound flight in which 265 people lost their lives.
In an interview with DD News, Ramesh, a resident of Leicester, said, "It all happened in front of my eyes. I cannot believe how I survived. "For a brief moment, I felt I was about to die but when my eyes opened, I was alive. I unbuckled myself from the seat and exited from an opening."
In this video grab via PMO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of yesterday's Air India plane crash, at a hospital, in Ahmedabad, Friday, June 13, 2025.
- 13 Jun 2025 5:04 PM IST
Ahmedabad plane crash: Google homepage sports 'black ribbon' in memory of victims
Internet giant Google mourned the loss of lives in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad with an image of a black ribbon pinned prominently on the homepage of its search engine.
"In memory of the victims of the tragic plane crash," reads a message when the mouse is hovered over the image of the ribbon.
