The Devastating Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad

Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad: A Tragic Incident

It is going to be a mourning day for all the Indians who lost more than 240 people in the recent plane crash that happened in Ahmedabad. The Air India flight AI171 was routed to arrive at the London Gatwick Airport, but soon after takeoff, the plane met a system failure, causing the death of hundreds of people. The incident took place on 12 June 2025, in the afternoon, when the aircraft collided with a hostel building. There is only one survivor, who is told to be a British national of Indian Origin and is being treated in the nearest hospital. 

As soon as the incident occurred, the locals heard the loud noise and discovered that an airplane had collided with the BJ Medical College hostel building, creating a devastating scene. The police arrived at the scene, and rescue operations commenced immediately. As a state police officer, Vidhi Chaudhary states to the media, "We are still verifying the number of dead, including those killed in the building where the plane crashed." She said that the total number of deaths reported is more than 240. She also pointed out that the only known surviving passenger was seated at 11A next to the emergency exit, and on that note, there could be more survivors in the hospital.

A local person, 40-year-old Ramesh Viswashkumar, said, "Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise, and then the plane crashed," He added, "When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran. There were pieces of the plane all around me," he said. "Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital."

Ahmedabad police chief G.S. Malik said that dead bodies are being recovered, and it may include both passengers and the people who are in the building or on the ground at that time. Among the list of Dead passengers, the former Chief Minister of Gujarat State, Vijay Rupani, was also included among 217 adults, 11 children, and two infants. As per the reports from Air India, the dead passengers included 169 Indians, 53 Britons, 7 Portuguese, and 1 Canadian. The health secretary of the state, Dhananjay Dwivedi, has requested that the relatives of these passengers give their DNA samples for identification purposes. 

The Air India flight that crashed was one of Boeing's aircraft; it was the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and it was the first crash of a Dreamliner since it began flying commercially in 2011, as per the Aviation Safety Network Database. The crashed aircraft was first flown in 2013 and delivered to Air India in 2014. According to the ATC (Air Traffic Control) at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD), the flight took off at 1:39  PM, and soon after that, a "MayDay" call was made by the Pilot, signaling an emergency, but thereafter, no response was received from the aircraft.

Regarding the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad, there is a lot that has yet to come.