Air India Boeing Headed for London Crashes With 242 People

Bloomberg

a day ago

An Air India flight with 242 passengers crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, reports said. The Boeing 787 aircraft was traveling to London's Gatwick airport. Footage shared on social media showed black smoke billowing from the crash site, but there are no reports yet of fatalities or survivors. The accident extends a series of serious and fatal incidents in the civil aviation industry this year, including a mid-air collision in Washington early in 2025 between a military helicopter and an aircraft. The unprofitable carrier was acquired by the Tata Group from the Indian government in 2021. It is in the middle of a strategic turnaround that includes a huge aircraft order as it seeks to tap growing demand from a rising Indian middle class.
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