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Ahmedabad plane crash: List of India's most devastating air tragedies
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A major aviation tragedy struck India on Thursday afternoon when a London-bound Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International aircraft, carrying 232 passengers and 10 crew members and 2 pilots, went down mere minutes after its take-off. Initial reports and videos showed the moment the plane exploded and thick plumes of smoke rising from the crash site, as emergency responders rushed to the cause of the crash is not yet confirmed, and authorities are still assessing the extent of casualties and Sons' Chairman N Chandrasekaran confirmed the crash, and said Air India was deploying support teams for affected families. Among those onboard the flight was former Gujarat CM Vijay crash is reminiscent of past air disasters that have left a deep imprint on India's aviation history. Here's a list of India's most devastating air of the most devastating incidents was the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision on November 12, 1996. This accident, near Haryana's Charkhi Dadri, involved a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76. All 349 people on board both aircraft perished, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision and the worst aviation disaster in Indian skies. The tragedy was attributed to a miscommunication that led the Kazakh aircraft to descend below its designated altitude, resulting in a fatal May 22, 2010, Air India Express Flight 812, flying from Dubai to Mangalore, crashed while landing at the Mangalore International Airport. The Boeing 737-800 overshot the runway—a tabletop strip surrounded by a steep drop—and plunged into a gorge. The crash resulted in the deaths of 158 of the 166 people on board. It remains one of the deadliest landing accidents in Indian catastrophe that haunts India's aviation memory is the bombing of Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985. The flight, travelling from Canada to India, exploded mid-air off the coast of Ireland due to a bomb planted by Sikh extremists. All 329 passengers and crew aboard were killed. It remains one of the deadliest acts of aviation terrorism globally and a grim reminder of the vulnerabilities faced by international addition to these civilian disasters, India has witnessed numerous military aircraft crashes, particularly involving MiG-21 jets of the Indian Air Force. Over the years, several pilots have lost their lives in these accidents, often caused by technical malfunctions or during training missions. While these do not fall under civil aviation, they highlight long-standing concerns over aircraft maintenance and modernization within India's defence aviation sector.
