What happened to Air India Flight 171?
An Air India plane bound for Gatwick has crashed less than a minute after take-off.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner had just left Ahmedabad airport in western India. On board were 242 passengers and crew, including 53 British nationals.
On today's episode, Matt Barbet is joined by Ian Petchenik, Flightradar24's communications director and co-host of the AV Talk podcast, to discuss what we know so far, as well as looking at the safety record of both the plane and airline.
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