Back to news
Incidents

Air India Boeing 787 crashes in Ahmedabad

One of the 242 people on board survived

Air India Boeing 787 crashes in Ahmedabad
Photo: Masakatsu Ukon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Aa

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flying from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed seconds after take-off. The airliner came down on a residential area next to a medical college.

There were 242 people on board. Only one passenger, a British citizen, survived. People on the ground were also killed.

It is the first fatal crash in the history of Boeing 787 operations. The causes are being established; the flight recorders have been found.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the crash "heartbreaking".

Updated: 12 June 2025 at 18:37

Related stories