In India, a plane with 242 people on board collapsed shortly after the start

12. June 2025 at 11:10 I Updated at 11:53

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Nai Delhi. Air India’s aircraft with 242 people on board to London collapsed on Thursday at the airport in the West Indian city of Ahmadábad.

Foreign news agencies are informed. The site of the accident, which according to the media happened shortly after the start, rises thick smoke, it meets the rescuers. The authorities have not yet published the number of victims.

The CEO of the Civil Aviation Aviation Aviation Authority confirmed that the aircraft fell into the residential district of Meghani Nagar five minutes after the start.

« The AI171 flight, which flew from Ahmadábad to London, was today, 12 June 2025, participating in the incident.

The aircraft was Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner sent its last signal only a few seconds after the take-off.

The airport was subsequently closed. Heavy smoke rises from the scene of the accident, rescuers come to the place.

Tata, which has taken over the airline since Štáu in 2022, has published on X commentary by Air India Chandrasecarana: “I confirm with deep grief that Air India 171 flight, which was directed from Ahmadábad to London, has become a tragic accident today.

Tata promised to modernize the carrier and in 2023, Air India agreed with Boeing and Airbus to buy 470 new aircraft, one of the largest aviation history orders.

CEO Campbell Wilson, CEO of Campbell Wilson in 2023, told the Financial Times that the modernization plan was « the biggest turnover in the aviation … I have ever witnessed ».