Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London's Gatwick Airport, crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m. local time.

The MP for Leicester East has said she understands “a handful of Leicester residents” were onboard the Ahmedabad to London flight that crashed. Shivani Raja told BBC News that her community ...

Languages: English. An Air India plane bound for London with 242 people onboard crashed as it took off in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad. The crash had just a sole survivor, British ...

CCTV footage shows an Air India flight to London crashing just seconds after takeoff with 240 people on board in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12. (Video: The Washington Post)

Air India says a London-bound flight crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport Thursday with more than 240 passengers and crew onboard. The airline said flight AI 171, a