India Plane Crash Leaves More Than 240 Dead, Lone Survivor

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner carrying 242 passengers crashed not long after taking off in Ahmedabad, India.
India Plane Crash Leaves More Than 240 Dead, Lone Survivor
Firefighters work at the site of an airplane crash in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, on June 12, 2025. AP Photo/Ajit Solanki
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Officials are reporting a death toll of at least 241 following an Air India crash, which occurred on June 12 near Ahmedabad, a city in western India. It is unknown how many people on the ground were killed.

The plane, a Boeing 787 with 242 people onboard bound for London and identified as flight AI 171, crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff, said Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, director general of the directorate of civil aviation.

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