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.
Live Updates
- 12 Jun 2025 4:06 PM IST
I am being kept updated as the situation develops: British PM Starmer on Air India plane crash.
- 12 Jun 2025 4:05 PM IST
We are working with local authorities to urgently establish facts and provide support: British High Commission on Air India plane crash.
- 12 Jun 2025 4:04 PM IST
Our thoughts are with all those affected: UK High Commission on London-bound Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad airport.
- 12 Jun 2025 4:02 PM IST
We are aware of a plane crash in Ahmedabad. The UK is working with local authorities in India to urgently establish the facts and provide support to those involved. British nationals who require consular assistance or have concerns about friends or family should call 020 7008 5000: UK Government
- 12 Jun 2025 4:01 PM IST
Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, tweets, "The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating. I am being kept updated as the situation develops, and my thoughts are with the passengers and their families at this deeply distressing time."
- 12 Jun 2025 3:58 PM IST
The State Government of Gujarat has set up a control room at the State Emergency Operation Centre in connection with the Ahmedabad plane crash.
The concerned can contact the control room on Phone No.079-232-51900 and Mobile No.9978405304.
- 12 Jun 2025 3:58 PM IST
The flight's landing gear crashes onto the roof of BJ Medical College UG hostel mess
- 12 Jun 2025 3:54 PM IST
Air India plane crash: "My sister was going to London. She had her flight around 1.10 pm, but the flight crashed," says Bhawna Patel as she arrived at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
#WATCH | Air India plane crash: "My sister was going to London. She had her flight around 1.10 pm, but the flight crashed," says Bhawna Patel as she arrived at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat pic.twitter.com/aDkixvDB9d
— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2025
