Air India plane crash LIVE: London Gatwick-bound flight crashes in Ahmedabad with at least 242 people including 53 Britons on board - Air India confirms there were 53 British passengers on board ...

More than 240 people were onboard the Air India plane, which took off from Ahmedabad in western India on Thursday, June 12, and was headed to London's Gatwick Airport, Air India confirmed.

AHMEDABAD, India — An Air India passenger plane bound for London with 244 people onboard crashed Thursday in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline and local media reported.

Flight AI-171, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad en route to London Gatwick, has now been replaced with flight AI-159. The return leg has also been renumbered to AI-160.

An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the ...

Air India flight AI171 left Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 13:39 local time (08:09 GMT), Air India said. It was scheduled to land at London Gatwick at 18:25 BST.

Air India's first statement Air India, in its first official communication, said “Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad–London Gatwick, was involved in an incident today, 12 June 2025.

The mistakes were found after DNA testing by a coroner in London. The Indian government said bodies of the Flight 171 victims “were handled with utmost professionalism.” ...

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 17 (ANI): Air India said on Tuesday that its flight from Ahmedabad to Gatwick in London has been cancelled today due to the unavailability of the aircraft ...