Air India Boeing 787 sure for London with 242 aboard crashes after takeoff in India

An Air India Boeing Dreamliner aircraft with 242 passengers and group aboard crashed in a while after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India, native officers and the service stated Thursday.

“The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals,” Air India stated in a submit on X.

“With profound sorrow I confirm that Air India flight, AI 171 operating Ahmedabad London Gatwick was involved in a tragic accident today,” Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran stated.

The plane was once sure for London Gatwick Airport.

The flight was once operated by means of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a top-selling wide-body plane supposed for longer routes. The plane was once brought to Air India in 2014, in step with flight-tracking website online FlightRadar24.

Initial flight-path knowledge “shows that the aircraft reached a maximum barometric altitude of 625 feet (airport altitude is about 200 feet) and then it started to descend with an vertical speed of -475 feet per minute,” FlightRadar stated on X.

“We are aware of initial reports and are working to gather more information,” Boeing stated in a commentary.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport flights are briefly suspended within the wake of the incident, an airport spokesperson stated.

“I am deeply saddened by the accident of the Air India passenger plane crash in Ahmedabad. I have instructed the officials to take immediate rescue and relief operations in the accident and to make arrangements for immediate treatment of the injured passengers on a war footing,” Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel stated on social media, in step with a Google translation.

CNBC has reached out to native police and India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

“Rescue teams have been mobilised, and all efforts are being made to ensure medical aid and relief support are being rushed to the site. My thoughts and prayers are with all those on board and their families,” stated Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, India’s aviation minister stated in a submit on X.

The incident reverberated into markets, with stocks of Boeing down 7.9% in premarket buying and selling at 6:03 a.m. E.T.

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