Overview

• Flight AI171, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport with 242 people on board, slammed into the B J Medical College hostel near Meghaninagar shortly after departing Ahmedabad.
• Reports indicate more than 200 fatalities in the resulting fire, though official casualty figures have yet to be released.
• The Airport Authority recovered the black box, which will supply key data for the DGCA-led investigation supported by AAIB and NTSB experts.
• Fire brigades, NDRF teams and medical responders have conducted round-the-clock relief efforts at the crash site to aid survivors and affected residents.
• The Supreme Court and Supreme Court Bar Association offered condolences to victims’ families, and the Tata Group pledged ₹1 crore for each deceased and full medical coverage for the injured.