live Asia

Air India flight AI171 crashed in India’s western city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

Air India crash: Police chief says there 'appear to be no survivors' on London-bound flight

The back of the Air India plane is seen after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on Jun 12, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Central Industrial Security Force/X/Handout)

12 Jun 2025 04:51PM (Updated: 12 Jun 2025 08:05PM)

NEW DELHI: Thick plumes of smoke towered above India’s Ahmedabad airport on Thursday (Jun 12) after a London-bound passenger jet with 242 people aboard crashed shortly after take-off.

There appear to be no survivors, said the police chief of Ahmedabad, where the plane went down.

Casualties on the ground include students from a medical hostel. Follow live updates: