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 4:10 PM IST
Efforts are on recover the black box of the Air India flight AI 171 which crashed in Ahmedabad as its analysis will provide vital clues about what triggered the disaster, said police and Fire Brigade officials on Friday.
- 13 Jun 2025 4:07 PM IST
A day after the deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad, the bodies of six victims were handed over to their families after identification on Friday.
- 13 Jun 2025 12:59 PM IST
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- 13 Jun 2025 12:03 PM IST
PM Modi later visited the city civil hospital, where he spoke to Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the tragedy and met the injured victims.
He visited the C7 ward of the hospital, where 25 injured people are undergoing treatment, and also interacted with the doctors.
The prime minister spent around 10 minutes at the hospital.
- 13 Jun 2025 12:03 PM IST
Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu and Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi informed the prime minister about how the plane crashed into the college hostel and mess.
- 13 Jun 2025 12:03 PM IST
PM spent around 20 minutes inspecting the site, where the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft (AI171) crashed into a complex of B J Medical College in the Meghaninagar area shortly after taking off on Thursday afternoon.
- 13 Jun 2025 12:02 PM IST
Prime Minister Modi arrived at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport here and drove straight to the crash site in the Meghaninagar area, officials said.
He was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
- 13 Jun 2025 9:04 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad.
12 Jun 2025 10:56 PM ISTFour MBBS students, doctor's wife among dead
Four MBBS students, doctor's wife among deadFour MBBS students and a doctor's wife were among those killed after the London-bound Air India plane crashed into residential quarters of the BJ Medical college here on Thursday afternoon, a senior official said.
