Topline
An Air India plane with more than 200 passengers on board crashed near the Ahmedabad airport in the state of Gujarat in Western India on Thursday shortly after takeoff.
Key Facts
According to a statement released by Air India, Flight AI171 operating from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick airport “was involved in an incident.”
Local news reports said the plane was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and it crashed shortly after taking off from the airport.
The director general of India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation told the Associated Press that 232 passengers and 12 crew members were believed to be onboard and emergency teams are responding to the crash site.
This is a developing story.
