Smoke rises above Ahmedabad in first images from Air India plane crash
A plane crashed in India's north-western city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. Air India said the crashed aircraft was flight AI171, a passenger flight to Gatwick airport in the UK. Footage shown on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site near the airport in Ahmedabad
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The Independent
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an hour ago
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Indian PM visits British lone survivor of Air India crash in hospital
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