India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau releases preliminary report on deadly Air India crash
The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport before it careened back to earth. Everyone on board was killed, except for one passenger.
Air India had said 242 passengers and crew members were on board. That included 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian.
In addition to those on board, a number of people on the ground were killed when the plane crashed into the BJ Medical College and Hospital hostel.
The Air India flight, AI171, took off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in India's western state of Gujarat on June 12. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was headed to London Gatwick, and scheduled to land at 6:25 p.m. local time (1:25 p.m. ET).
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