Author Shivam Patel and Aditi Shah
Ahmedabad, India (Reuters) -More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane, directed to London on Thursday, crashed the moment when Ahmedabad rose Thursday.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which has 242 people who were directed to the street of the British capital, south of the British capital, he crashed only after he crashed into a medical college hostel.
The only person surviving is a British citizen of Indian origin and is treated in a hospital, the airline has confirmed. The man told Indian media how he had heard a loud noise shortly after the flight AI171.
“We are still checking the number of the dead, including those who killed the plane crashed,” Vidhi Chaudhary, the highest state police officer, told Reuters.
She said the number of deaths was greater than 240, reviewing the previous 294 tolls because it contained twice the body parts. It was not immediately clear how many dead those were on the aircraft or on the ground.
The only famous surviving passenger was 11A, near the emergency exit, said Chaudhary, adding that there may be more survivors in the hospital.
“After thirty seconds after the rise, there was a loud noise, and then the plane crashed,” Ramesh Viscashkumar, 40, told Hindustan Times, who showed that 11A places on the Internet had a boarding permission.
“Everything happened so fast,” he told the paper from his hospital bed.
“When I got up, there were bodies around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of plane around me,” he said. “Someone grabbed me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.”
He said his brother, Ajay, was sitting in another line of the plane. “He traveled with me and I can’t find him anymore. Please help me find it,” he said.
Ahmedabad police chief, GS Malik, said that recovered bodies can include both passengers and people killed on the ground. The dead were surrounded by Vijay Rani, former Chief Minister of Gujarat State, whose main city is Ahmedabad.
Relatives were asked to give DNA samples to identify the dead, the State Health Secretary Dhananjay Dwivedi said.
Parts of the aircraft fuselage were scattered around the stinking building where it crashed. On the top of the building was stuck with the tail of the plane.
Passengers had 217 adults, 11 children and two babies, the source told Reuters. Air India said 169 were Indian citizens, 53 were British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian.
It was the first Dreamliner accident-a platform body airplane. Started flying in 2011, based on the Aviation Safety Network database. The plane crashed on Thursday was first flying in 2013. And was introduced to Air India in 2014. January, said the Flightradar24.
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Video videos showed that the plane rose through the place of residence and then disappeared from the screen until a huge fire ball rising to the sky from home.
“My stepdaughter went to London. Within an hour I got the news that the plane crashed,” said one of the passengers in Poonam Patel at Ani Ahmedabad Government Hospital.
Ramila, the mother of the College of Medical College, said Ani’s son had gone to the hostel for a lunch break when the plane crashed. “My son is safe and I talked to him. He jumped from the second floor, so he suffered some injuries,” she said.
According to Ahmedabad Airport Air Traffic Management, the aircraft left 13:39 (0809 GMT). This called Mayday to signal the emergency, but after that the aircraft did not respond.
US Aviation and Space Safety Consultant Anthony Brickhouse said one problem sign from the aircraft video was that the landing equipment was inactive at the flight stage when it would usually rise.
“If you didn’t know what’s going on, you’ll think the plane is approaching the runway and landing,” Brickhouse said.
Indian Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said the aircraft accident investigation was initiated by an official investigation.
“The Government forms a high-level committee consisting of experts from several disciplines to examine the issue in detail,” he added.
Kelly Ortberg, CEO of Boeing, said she was talking to Air India chairman to offer full support and the team is ready to support the investigation. Campbell Wilson, CEO of Airlines, said the investigation would take time and expressed “deep sadness” of the event.
Boeing’s shares have fallen by 5%as the disaster has caused a major failure on the Plankeries manufacturer, as the new CEO is seeking to restore confidence after many challenges of safety and production.
Aircraft engine manufacturer GEEROSPACE said it would form a team to go to India and analyze the cab data, the Indian CNBC TV18 said.
The US Secretary of Transport said the federal aviation administration cooperates with Boeing and GE.
Britain also cooperated with the Indian authorities to determine the facts around the accident and to provide support for those involved, the country’s Foreign Affairs Service said.
“The tragedy in Ahmedabad stunned and upset us:” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared X. “It hurts the heart behind words.” Gujarat is a native state of Modi.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the views of the disaster were “devastating”. A spokesman for the Buckingham Palace said King Charles was also constantly renewed.
US President Donald Trump called the accident “terrible.”
The first Indian disaster from 2020
Ahmedabad Airport, which stopped all flight operations after the accident, said it was working again, but with limited flights. The airport is owned by the Conglomerate of the Indian Adani Group.
The last deadly airplane disaster in India, the third largest aviation market in the world and most likely growing, was 2020. And it was attended by Air India Express-the hands of the airline.
The Boeing-737 airline has turned the Table top of the runway in southern India, skiing and immersing it into the valley, inserting his nose into the ground and killing 21 people.
Previously, the state Air India in 2022. Took over the Tata Group of the Indian conglomerate and in 2024. Merged with the Visara – a joint company and Singapore Airlines.
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