An Air India plane with at least 242 people on board crashed on Thursday (12) near Ahmedabad airport in the north -west of the country, announced the airline and the police authorities, without informing the number of deaths.
An Air India plane with at least 242 people on board crashed on Thursday (12) near Ahmedabad airport in the north -west of the country, announced the airline and the police authorities, without informing the number of deaths.
The plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, according to the Flighttradar24 flight monitoring website, was intended for Gatwick airport in London and fell around 12:39, 4:09 Brasilia.
The Indian airline and the British Airport Gatwick confirmed the fall. So far, no information on the identity of the victims has been disclosed. According to the police, the plane crashed into a populous area.
“We are checking the details and we share other updates,” said Air India on X.
The company also confirms that the flight Ai171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed after take off. The flight, which started from Ahmedabad at 13:38, transported 242 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing 787-8 plane. Of these, 169 are Indian citizens, 53 are British, Canadian citizens and seven Portuguese citizens.
The wounded are brought to the nearest hospitals. Air India has created a direct line, the 1800 5691 444, to provide further information. The company claims to collaborate in full with the authorities investigating the tragedy.
The plane crashed a few minutes after take -off, “outside the airport perimeter”, after making an emergency request, said the general manager of the civil aviation of India.
The Indian aviation minister said he was “shocked and devastated” with the accident: “Emergency services are mobilized and all the efforts made to ensure that the medical teams are sent quickly to the scene,” said Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarap in a note.
The images broadcast on the local television showed wrecks in Moscow and a often black smoke that gets up on the airport. You can also see the people loaded on barelle and bring it into ambulances.
A spokesman from Ahmedabad airport announced that air traffic was suspended.
British Prime Minister Keir Stmermer sent condolences “to passengers and their families in this deeply distressing moment”.
Source: Terra
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