Ahmed Abad, India (AP) – The airline said the passenger plane heading to London with more than 240 people on board was crashed on Thursday in the city of Ahmedabad in northwestern India.
The photos on the local TV channels showed that smoke is escalating from the crash site in what appears to be a inhabited area near the airport in Ahmed Abad, a city with a population of more than 5 million and the capital of Gojarat, the mandate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Firefighters blocked the smoking wreckage of the plane, which could have been fully loaded with fuel after takeoff, and multi -flooning buildings adjacent to the water. The charred bodies lie on the ground.
“The scenes emerging for a plane in London carry many British citizens who are disrupted in the Indian city of Ahmedabad,” said British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer in a statement.
Moody described the accident “snapped beyond words.”
He said on a social networking site: “At this sad watch, my thoughts are affected.”
The airline said the flight to Gatwick Airport was carrying 242 passengers and crew. Among them, Air India said that there are 169 Indian, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian.
Fayez Ahmed Kidoy, Director General of the Civil Aviation Directorate, told Associated Press that India AI 171, Boeing 787-8, was crashed into a residential area called Megan Nagar after five minutes of exit at 1:38 pm local time. He said that 244 people were on board, and it was not immediately possible to reconcile the contradiction with Air India numbers.
All efforts have been made to ensure medical support and relief support on the site, which is the Minister of Civil Aviation in India, Ram Mohan Naido Kinsenabu, at X.
787 Dreamliner is a dual motor plane. This is the first plane crash ever of the Boeing 787, according to the Airlines Safety Network database.
Boeing said he was aware of the accident reports and was “working to collect more information.”
The plane was offered in 2009 and more than 1,000 airlines were delivered, according to Flightradar24.
“Our primary focus is on supporting all affected persons and their families,” said Naratraghan Chandrasikran, Chairman of Air India.
Ali X said that the airline has established an emergency center and a support team for families seeking information about those who were on the trip.
He said: “Our ideas and deepest condolences are with families and loved ones from all those affected by this devastating event.”
British Minister of Cabinet Lucy Powell said the government would provide “all the support that it can” to those affected by the accident.
“This is a story that reveals, and it will undoubtedly lead to a great deal of anxiety and anxiety for many families and societies here and those who are waiting for their loved ones to arrive.”
She added: “We send our deepest sympathy and ideas to all these families, and the government will provide all the support that can be with those in India and those in this country as well.”
Britain has very close relations with India. There were approximately 1.9 million people in the country of Indian lineage, according to the UK Census 2021.
It was the last crash of the main passenger plane in India in 2020 when Air India Express Boeing-737 slipped from the hill summit in southern India, killing 21 people.
The worst air disaster in India was on November 12, 1996, when a Saudi airline flight destroyed a mobile next to Kazakhasan flight near Dada’s participant in Harrana State, killing 349 on board the two planes.
The accident comes days before the opening of the Paris Air Show, which is a major aviation exhibition where Boeing and European competitor Airbus will display its planes and the battle of aircraft orders from airline.
Boeing was in a recovery position for more than six years after the Lion Air Flight 610 trip, Boeing 737 Max 8, in the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia minutes after taking off from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. Five months later, Ethiopian Airlines 302, Boeing 737, was a maximum of 8, after taking off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 157 passengers and crew members.
Boeing Co. shares declined About 9 % before the opening of trading in the United States
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Roy mentioned from New Delhi. Sheikh Salik in Sarrenagar, India, Ban Pilas, Kelvin Chan and Brian Melly in London, Anca Walters, David Racing, Adam Sharek and Lorian Bellinger in Bangkok in this report.