At least 204 people were killed when an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed on Thursday just after takeoff in Ahmedabad, a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
It was India’s deadliest aviation disaster since 1996, and one of the deadliest in the world in recent history.
The plane was traveling to London, and the airline released the nationalities of those on board: 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. It was not immediately clear if anyone onboard survived.
The plane crashed into the campus of a medical college, killing five students. The airline said that injured people were taken to hospitals, but it was unclear whether they were passengers or people on the ground.
Videos showed enormous plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site, where the blackened remains of the plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, lay in pieces.
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Ahmedabad, India
Thursday, 12 June
Several videos uploaded to social media showed plumes of smoke rising near the airport.
Rescue team members at the crash site.
A family member upon hearing that her brother had died in the crash.
Recovering bodies at the crash site.
Firefighters dousing the wreckage of the flight, which had been bound for London.
The wreckage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner showed part of its registration, “VT-ANB.”
Rescuers carrying the body of a victim from the crash site.
Emergency workers removed debris and personal belongings from the site of the crash.
A building damaged by the crash.
The remains of some victims were taken to Civil Hospital.
Dousing wreckage at the scene.
Smoke filled some areas after the crash.
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