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Tragedy struck India’s aviation sector on Thursday as Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, News360 Nigeria reports.

Officials confirmed the flight, carrying 242 people including two pilots and 10 cabin crew, went down outside the airport perimeter after issuing a mayday call.

The aircraft was carrying 169 Indian engers, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese citizens, and one Canadian. Thick plumes of black smoke could be seen rising above the crash site, located near densely populated residential areas in the Gujarat state capital, home to about eight million people.

India’s Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu expressed his devastation over the incident, assuring that rescue and emergency response teams had been swiftly mobilised. “My thoughts and prayers are with all those on board and their families,” he said, directing immediate and coordinated relief efforts to the site.

Air India’s Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran confirmed the crash, describing it as a "devastating event" and extended heartfelt condolences to the families of those affected. An emergency response centre and lines for families have also been activated.

India, despite remarkable growth in its aviation sector, has faced several fatal crashes in recent decades, including a 1996 mid-air collision over New Delhi that killed nearly 350 people, and a 2010 Air India Express disaster in Mangalore that claimed 158 lives. The country’s worst air tragedy remains the 1985 bombing of an Air India Boeing 747 off the Irish coast, which killed all 329 people on board.

India’s aviation industry has expanded rapidly in recent years, with domestic air travel reaching over 500,000 engers in a single day last year. Air India itself has embarked on a massive fleet expansion, placing orders for hundreds of new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus.

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FTC for the first time....

Thoughts and prayers are with the family of those onboard


Tragic

My deepest sympathy to the affected families.

Where ah go yesterday...naso 2 guys just dey argue between Plane crash and Ship wreck/sink which was more fatal.....

Omoh na so the thing nosedive ooh. They ended up somewhere but not the destination.

Jesus christ, rip to the dead

That's all I have to say
Seun
Seun
Seun

Lord have mercy!

I pray there are many survivors!

RIP to the dead

Tomorrow isn’t certain for anyone

This is serious.
My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families.
Wishing speedy recovery to the survivor(s) (if any).

It's always this Boeing crashing all the time

This is terrible news! Hope there are survivors.

This serious ...sad day for the families ...God console these families..its hard time..200++people just gone like that...you will never die untimely

Hmmm it is what it is. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. These Indians no dey siddon one place. Travel upanda

Oh my goodness!! Oh my goodness This is heartbreaking, jeez

Why is it always America's plane? Always Boeing

My prayers to the family of the victims. It's better imagined than experienced. Terrible!

Death smiles at everyman, the best a man can do is smile back. We all hope and pray we don’t die prematurely. Rest in peace to those whose lives were lost in this tragedy

Hope the plane was not hit by a projectile due to ongoing war ?

Newsgeek24:


https://news360ng.com/breaking-london-bound-plane-with-242-engers-onboard-crashes-in-india/

my heart bleeds

Why would they name their Air port
Ahmed A bad airport

God have mercy . This serious
This is heart breaking. ;
242 engers ; what

My deepest sympathy to the affected families.

I wish it's mandatory to fly -test any commercial flight 2-3 hrs a day before on boarding engers. This plane hadn't gone too far before crashing, meaning there was an imminent fault which could have been easily detected if appropriate measures could have been taken.
RIP to the dead on board, and their families fortitude to bear this irreparable loss

BE YE READY FOR YOU KNOW NOT THE DAY NOR THE HOUR ISNT JUST ABOUT CHRIST'S COMING BUT ALSO APPLIES TO THE DAY OF DEPARTING THIS EARTH.

Gosh. What a tragedy. Looks like engine failure. Takeoffs are very, very risky particularly for long flights because the aircraft will be full of highly combustible kero.

Rilwayne001:
RIP to the dead

Tomorrow isn’t certain for anyone

not everybody will even see today through.Prayer or no prayer,many will still die today

242 elite citizens dead!
What a tragedy!

Nevertheless, traveling by air still remains the safest means of transportation.

NothingDoMe:
This is terrible news! Hope there are survivors.

You saw the fireball. Takeoff accidents are rarely survivable.

What's wrong with bombardier air plain? Each time you here a plain crashed it almost certain the plain will be bombardier air plain, nawa for america o

Boeing and crashes!

In the quest to maximize profit, the company just trading human life’s

R. I. P to the dead.

Please, why must one write forty characters before making comments?

They should do something about this when planes crash and it explodes straight

It's quite unfortunate! May the Lord comfort their families they left behind.