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Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more than 240 onboard

Plane for flight AI171 was carrying 242 people including 169 Indians and 53 Britons, says Air India

This handout taken and posted on the X account of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows the back of an Air India plane after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad. UK prime minister Keir Starmer said his thoughts were with the passengers and families of those on the Air India flight bound for Gatwick airport which crashed in Ahmedabad. The UK government will provide “all the support that it can” to those on the Air India flight bound for Gatwick airport which crashed shortly after take off, House of Commons leader Lucy Powell said.

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