In a tragic development, a London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers onboard crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday. Air India Plane Crash took place near Ahmedabad Airport. As per initial reports, the incident is believed to have occurred when the flight was taking off for London at 1.17 PM. Heavy smoke is visible from Dharpur near the Meghaninagar area. The fire brigade has rushed to the spot, and emergency response teams are being mobilised. Authorities are yet to confirm the cause of the crash.
As per News18, former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was also on board the flight to London that crashed on Thursday (True Scoop cannot verify this). Three National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, comprising 90 personnel, have been moved from Gandhinagar to the plane crash site. A total of three more teams are being moved from Vadodara.
Air India spokesperson was quoted as saying, "Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was involved in an incident today, 12 June 2025. At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest."
As of now (while writing), reports of deaths have not come.
Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu is going to Ahmadabad. He is going from Vijayawada. It was a London-bound Air India Dreamliner. The flight took off at 1.17 pm. Home Minister Amit Shah also spoke to the Gujarat CM and Police Commissioner about the Ahmedabad plane crash incident on Thursday.