‘Catastrophic’ Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad: What we know | Aviation News

An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane has crashed close to an airport on the edge of India’s western city of Ahmedabad with at least 242 people on board.

According to Reuters, rescue workers said between 30 and 35 bodies had been recovered from the crash site in a densely populated area of the city. So far, no survivors have been reported.

Flight AI171 was headed to London Gatwick Airport on Thursday where it was due to land at 6:25pm local time (17:25 GMT).

“Of these [on board], 169…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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