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An Air India flight to London Gatwick crashed on board with 242 people on board shortly after starting in Ahmedabad.
Indian water It said that those in Boeing 787-8 Airplanes were 169 Indian citizens and 53 British citizens, seven Portuguese and a Canadian. There were also 10 cabin crews and two pilots.
An Indian government official said there were 209 confirmed deaths, including people who were on site when the aircraft crashed.
According to the FLIGHTRADAR24, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was older than 10 years, which was added that the aircraft began after reaching a height of 625 feet with a vertical speed of 475 feet per minute.
The aircraft pursuit added that the aircraft signal was lost at 1:38 p.m. local time, moments after departure.
Rohan Krishnan, head of the Indian medical association Faima, said that the flight crashed into the BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad and added that some students had been taken to the hospital.
The police commissioner of Ahmedabad, GS Malik, told the National News Agency Ani that the police had found a survivor from the plane who was now “under -treated”.
It is the first time that a 787 crashes according to the Aviation Safety Network database.
The Boeing shares fell 5.5 percent at the beginning of trade on Thursday.
The crash comes when Boeing tries to rebuild the trust in a number of security crises, including two fatal accidents of his 737 Max model in 2018 and 2019, which led to the departure of his then managing director Dennis Muilenburg.
The mid-air blowout of a door plug in a 737 max-9 jet, which was operated by Alaska Airlines in January 2024, triggered a further elimination of the top management, since the quality of the production of Boeing was the quality of the Boeing production.
Kelly Ortberg, who became the manufacturer’s new managing director last August, tried to stabilize Boeing’s production and improve its quality control processes and to support its balance sheet.
The company said on Thursday that his thoughts with the passengers, the crew, the first aiders and everyone are affected.
The Indian aviation regulator said that the aircraft made a Mayday call for air traffic control, “but after that the aircraft was not answered to the calls made by ATC”.
The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starrer wrote on Thursday on X: “The scenes that occur in London with many British nationals in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating.”
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “The tragedy in Ahmedabad has amazed and made us sad. It’s heartbreaking.”
Natarajan Chandrasecaran, chairman of Tata, who took over the airline of State Control in 2022, said: “With profound grief, I confirm that Air India Flight 171 Ahmedabad London Gatwick was involved in a tragic accident today.”
Tata had promised to modernize the airline, and in 2023 Air India agreed with a contract with Boeing and Airbus to buy 470 new aircraft, one of the largest orders in aviation history.
John Strickland, an aviation consultant, said Boeings 787 had a “good security record” and added that it was “too early to speculate about the probable cause of the accident.
Air India had “challenges for decades of state possession and poor management,” said Strickland.
However, he said that experienced management had been brought in since his sales time and that the airline had “started to move both operatively and commercially in the right direction”.
