An Air India flight bound for London Gatwick carrying 242 passengers and crew has crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.
Air India flight 171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, careened back to earth in the Meghani area of the city just minutes after leaving the runway.
Shocking images shared to social media showed a huge trail of smoke emanating from the crash site near the international airport this morning.
Chunks of the plane’s fuselage and tail were also seen protruding from a demolished building.