Air India Ahmedabad plane crash

An Air India passenger plane bound for Gatwick airport with more than 240 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff from the north-western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The plane came down in the residential area of Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time. According to reports in the Indian media, the plane crashed into a building used as accommodation by doctors working in local hospitals. Footage shows burning buildings and debris scattered across the ground.

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