According to the airline and local media sources, an Air India aircraft carrying 244 persons crashed in the North-West Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Television broadcasting captured the thick smoke scenes rising from the accident site, located close to the Ahmedabad airport.
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Director General of Director General of the Director General of Civil Aviation, confirmed to the Associated Press that the aircraft, Air India Flight AI 171, A residential neighborhood called Meghani Nagar. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed exactly five minutes after takeoff at 1:38 pm. local time.
The aircraft was on the route to the Gatwick Airport in London. The ship had 232 passengers and 12 crew members. Kidwai said that emergency response teams have been gathered at the airport.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a twin-engine, wide-body aircraft. According to the Aviation Safety Network Database, it marks the first crash of an incorporated Boeing 787.
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