(Video) India plane crash latest: ‘No survivors’ after London flight carrying 242 people crashes near Ahmedabad airport
The Ahmedabad police commissioner told Associated Press there appeared to be no survivors from the crash.
An Air India flight headed for London Gatwick with more than 240 people on board crashed in India shortly after takeoff on Thursday.
The plane plummeted into a residential area after leaving an airport in the western city of Ahmedabad, local police said.
Footage from the scene showed huge clouds of black smoke billowing from the crash site and part of the body of the Boeing 787 aircraft on a building, while other images show emergency services working to douse the wreckage and surrounding buildings.
The city police commissioner told Associated Press there appeared to be no survivors from the crash.
There were 242 people on board the flight, including 12 crew members. Air India said the passengers included 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese citizens and one Canadian.
Both the Indian and British prime ministers said authorities were keeping them updated about the incident.
“It is heartbreaking beyond words,” Narendra Modi said on X. Sir Keir Starmer said the scenes were “devastating”.
