Live updates: Plane carrying 242 crashes in India; most passengers feared dead
Air India, the country's flagship carrier, said in a post on X that Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick had been 'involved in an incident' and that it was 'ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest.'
The flight was scheduled to depart at 1:10 p.m. local time (3:40 a.m. ET). Reuters reported that 242 people were on board and cited police in adding that the plane crashed into a civilian area.
'Shocked and devastated to learn about the flight crash in Ahmedabad,' Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, India's civil aviation minister, said in a post on X. 'I am personally monitoring the situation and have directed all aviation and emergency response agencies to take swift and coordinated action.'
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