Air India’s remains of Air India, which crashed moments after take -off from Ahmedabad Airport 12 June 2025. Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji
The aircraft of Air India bound to London, which bears 242 passengers and crews, crashed in a residential area near Meghaninagar minutes after take -off from Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday (June 12, 2025) in the afternoon killed 204 people and injured 41 others.
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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner (AI171) could be seen from a distance, quickly losing altitude and accumulating a fire ball that sent a string of strong black smoke in the air. Aircraft carrying 232 passengers and 10 crews crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the international airport Sardar VallaBhbhai patel around 14:00
We gained 204 bodies and 41 injured people were transported to the hospital, police commissioner Ahmedabad GS Malik said Hindu.
Mr. Malik said that “they may be surviving.” A little more than a hundred students from BJ Medical College lunch on a boy’s mess when part of the Air India 171 flight hit the walls of the mess.
The Police Commissioner said: “There may be survivors. From the residential area and (medical university) hostel may be injured and dead. The chances of the survivors may be there, we can’t say anything at the moment.”
He said that the total number of people present at the Faculty of Medicine at the time of the incident is not yet known.
“There was a hostel, the mess is also there … There is a chance of surviving,” he said.
He said that DNA samples and blood samples have been maintained for identification.
The airline, which takes it on X, said that there were “169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, 1 Canadian National and 7 Portuguese nationals among the specified passengers”.
Several wounded were transported to the Municipal Civil Hospital. Strong black smoke could see how he was on miles. Some cameras crews were accessible to the accident area and showed visual elements of the debris.
The emergency respondents arrived immediately and started intense rescue, evacuation and firefighting operations. The fire offers were rushed to the place to emerge fire, said fireman Jayesh Khadia.
According to the official source, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Minister of Civil Aviation Rammohan Naid and the Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit Shah and ordered them to ensure all possible assistance to those who were affected in the tragedy.
The visuals from the area showed the disheveled metal of debris, the growth of the tangled wire and the smoke rising from the remains.
Mr. Naida said, “Shocked and devastated to learn about the flight of flight in Ahmedabad. We are in the highest well -being. I personally follow the situation and order all agencies to respond to aviation and emergency reactions. Families are “on board parties that are mobilized, and their families are” and their families are evolving, and their family and their families are “on boarding.”
The chairman of Air India, who expressed his deep sadness, said that the emergency center and support teams for families seeking information were activated. “Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with families and loved ones of all those who have been affected by this devastating event. At the moment, our primary focus is on the support of all affected people and their families.
“We do everything we do to help teams to reaction to emergency situations and provide all the necessary support and care to those who have been affected. Other updates will be shared because we receive more verified information,” he said in the X post.
The Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit Shah spoke to the main Minister Gujarat, the Minister of the Interior and the police commissioner on the incident of the accident. Mr. Shah assured that he was providing the help of the central government.
Main Minister Gujarat, Bhupendra patel, gave instructions for immediate rescue and auxiliary operation and immediate treatment of injured passengers as a result of the air aircraft accident Air India. According to the clerk of the probe, the Office for Investigation of Air accidents (AAIB) will be according to the clerk of the accident.
Ahmedabad Airport said all flight operations were fully resumed.
It is the second air disaster in the capital Gujarat.
(With PTI, inputs or)
Published – June 12, 2025 02:15
