0h 6min, jun 12, 2025 y - Air India Flight Crash

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An Air India passenger plane bound for London's Gatwick airport crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India, on Thursday, killing 241 passengers and crew.

At least eight local people on the ground, including four medical students, were also killed, a senior health official told the BBC.

It later emerged that only one passenger on the plane, a British man, had survived.

Among those on board were Indian, British, Portuguese and Canadian nationals. Details are still emerging from the scene.

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