June 12, 2025, Ahmedabad, India: People look at the debris of an Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad of India’s Gujarat state. Air India flight 171 to London with 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff from an airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said. A senior police officer confirmed at least 110 dead in the crash, according to local media reports. The Air India flight 171 took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, about 17 km south of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. (Credit Image: © Uni/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)
June 12, 2025, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India: On Thursday afternoon, June 12, 2025, more than 200 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London, carrying 242 passengers, crew members, and pilots, crashed minutes after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad. Authorities said this was the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade. At least one person is known to have survived, police said. (Credit Image: © Saurabh Sirohiya/ZUMA Press Wire)
June 12, 2025, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India: On Thursday afternoon, June 12, 2025, more than 200 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London, carrying 242 passengers, crew members, and pilots, crashed minutes after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad. Authorities said this was the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade. At least one person is known to have survived, police said. (Credit Image: © Saurabh Sirohiya/ZUMA Press Wire)
June 12, 2025, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Students from Gurukul school of art in Mumbai paint a poster paying tribute to passengers who died in Ahmedabad – London Air India plane crash. Air India plane from Ahmedabad – London carrying 242 passengers crashed shortly after it took off from Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad’s Meghaninagar area. more than 200 passengers died in the tragic plane crash. (Credit Image: © Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)
June 12, 2025, Siliguri, West Bengal, India: Indian congress party supporters lights candle as they pay homage to the victims of Air India flight 171 which crashed in a residential area near the Ahmedabad airport in Siliguri. (Credit Image: © Diptendu Dutta/ZUMA Press Wire)
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