Live updates: Air India plane headed to London crashes with 242 onboard

Associated Press

2 days ago

An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board crashed Thursday in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said.
Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site in what appeared to be a populated area near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city with a population of more than 5 million.
Update:
Date: 2025-06-12 11:14:39
Title:
Britain says a crisis team has been set up in India and the UK
Content: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is 'working urgently' with local authorities to support British nationals and their families, and that a crisis team has been set up in Delhi and London.
Addressing lawmakers in the House of Commons, Lammy said his thoughts were with all those affected by the 'tragic plane crash.'
Update:
Date: 2025-06-12 11:13:18
Title:
Portuguese government has received list of passengers onboard
Content: Emidio Sousa, Portugal's secretary of Portuguese communities, told reporters in Lisbon that the government has received the list of seven passengers with Portuguese nationality who were aboard the Air India plane.
They appear to be dual nationals given their names, he added, but details remain scant and the government is still seeking confirmation of how many perished and survived.
Update:
Date: 2025-06-12 11:11:46
Title:
Boeing's 787 first entered service in 2009
Content: At the time, it was the world's first airliner made mostly from lightweight composite materials. It was also the first to make extensive use of lithium ion batteries, which are lighter, recharge faster and can hold more energy than other types of batteries.
In 2013 the 787 fleet, which numbered around 50 jets at the time, was temporarily grounded because of overheating of its lithium-ion batteries, which in some cases sparked fires.
Update:
Date: 2025-06-12 11:05:30
Title:
London-bound Air India flight had more than 240 aboard
Content: AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Firefighters doused the smoking wreckage of the plane, which would have been fully loaded with fuel shortly after takeoff, and adjacent multi-story buildings with water. Charred bodies lay on the ground.
'The scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad are devastating,' British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a statement.
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