'I Was Having Lunch When...': Eyewitnesses Recount Air India Plane Crash In Ahmedabad
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Harshit said his friend, who was at the crash site, is currently admitted to the hospital.
At least 133 people are reported to have died after Air India flight AI-171 crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after take-off. An eyewitness of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad said that the aircraft crashed into the building of the BJ Medical College in Meghani Nagar where resident doctors were staying.
Speaking to CNN-News18, Harshit, a medical student, said he was having lunch at the time when the plane crashed into the building next to the one he was in. Harshit's friend, who was at the crash site, is currently admitted to the hospital. Harshit mentioned that the building where the plane crashed housed resident doctors.
Another man, claiming to be an eyewitness, told news agency ANI, '…I have my office 200 metres from here. As soon as I stepped out of the office, I heard a very loud noise, and smoke filled the area suddenly. A commotion broke out here and then we saw that this accident had occurred. When I reached the spot, I saw debris scattered here, there was a fire and smoke was billowing here. Nothing was visible…We then came to know that the wings of the aircraft fell here and that an aircraft crashed…We don't know about the casualties but there is a building here where doctors reside."
Meanwhile, Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) also shared visuals showing parts of the crashed Air India flight stuck in the hostel mess building of the college. Dr Akshay Dongardhive of FAIMA said around 20-30 students could have been injured on the ground due to the crash.
The flight which was flying from Ahmedabad to London had 242 people on board. The aircraft was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is a mid-size, twin-engine, wide-body jet airliner. The plane was carrying at least 169 Indians, 53 British, 7 Portuguese, and 1 Canadian. It is being reported that former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was also on board the ill-fated flight.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Home Minister Amit Shah and Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu about the crash. The PM asked the two ministers to go to Ahmedabad and ensure all possible assistance is extended to those affected.
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June 12, 2025, 16:33 IST
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