“There were more than 50 Britons and 7 Portuguese on the plane, which crashed in India immediately after take -off, the aircraft had to fly to London, Air India said. Source: “European Truth” with reference to the post of company on the social network X Details: Air India confirmed that the flight AI171, which was heading from Ahmedabad to London, was crashed on June 12 5 minutes after take -off.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to the post of company on the social network x
Details: Air India confirmed that the flight AI171 heading from Ahmedabad to London, on June 12, crashed 5 minutes after take -off. The plane fell in a residential quarter.
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242 people were on board. Of these, 169 are citizens of India, 53 are citizens of the United Kingdom, 1 – a citizen of Canada and 7 – citizens of Portugal.
The victims are currently being sent to the nearest hospitals.

Air India notes that it cooperates fully with the authorities that investigate the incident.
Prehistory:
- At the Akhmadabad airport in India, a passenger plane crashed in India, TV channels said on Thursday, without specifying whether they were dead.