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Air India Dreamliner Crash Near Ahmedabad Kills Over 260 With One Survivor

Investigators from the U.S. NTSB with support from the U.K. AAIB are examining flight recorders alongside Indian authorities to determine what caused the jet’s rapid descent.

Flugzeugabsturz in Indien
GUJARAT, INDIA - JUNE 12: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'INDIAN CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) A view of the site after a plane crashed following takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in India’s western state of Gujarat on June 12, 2025. The crash occurred in the Meghaninagar area, according to a report by the Press Trust of India, citing local authorities. Central Industrial Security Force / Handout / Anadolu
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Overview

  • At least 260 people died when Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8, crashed into a residential district near Ahmedabad airport on June 12.
  • Only one of the 242 people aboard, 40-year-old British citizen Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, survived and is hospitalized with injuries.
  • Preliminary ADS-B tracker data show the aircraft reached about 625 feet before plummeting at roughly 475 feet per minute.
  • The flight crew issued a Mayday call seconds before impact, and debris struck buildings housing doctors and students, causing ground casualties.
  • India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation is leading a formal inquiry with assistance from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch, and teams are recovering black boxes from the wreckage.