The country is in shock after the news coming in from Ahmedabad. An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft crashed near the airport right after its take-off. The visuals of this tragic incident have surfaced online and it’s shocking. As per the news, the aircraft carried around 200 plus passengers and was an Ahmedabad to London flight. More details are awaited about the incident. Read on.
Air India Flight Crash In Ahmedabad
The shocking incident made headlines on May 12, Thursday. An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft with some 242 passengers on board crashed right after take-off from the Ahmedabad airport. It was an Ahmedabad to London flight. The police and rescue team immediately reached the site for the rescue mission. As per the latest updates from the DGCA, the Captain of the aircraft, Sumeet Sabharwal is an LTC with experience of 8200 hours and his co-pilot also had an experience of 1100 hours.
The official Twitter handle of Air India confirmed the news of the crash. It further informed that the airplane was carrying 169 Indians, 53 British Nationals, 1 Canadian national, and 7 Portuguese nationals along with the 2 pilots, and cabin crew members were on board. As per the tweet, the injured were being taken to the hospital. Air India had also assured to give further details on its Twitter handle.
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Many video of the moment when the crash happened also surfaced on various social media handles. As of now, more details about this incident are awaited. As per an IANS report, Gujarat’s former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was also on board.
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This is heartbreaking. We are wishing for everyone’s safety.