Overview

• Flight AI171 departed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1:39 PM IST en route to London before crashing minutes later with no survivors among its 242 occupants.
• The jet struck a residential neighborhood in Meghani Nagar, injuring at least 25 people on the ground.
• Local recovery teams are securing the wreckage; India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the AAIB are investigating the cause with support from Air India and Boeing.
• King Charles, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy have issued statements of sympathy and pledged assistance to victims’ families.
• All flight operations at Ahmedabad’s airport remain suspended, with authorities continuing clearance and support operations.