An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
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An Air India airplane has crashed at Ahmedabad, in keeping with the Reuters and ANI information businesses.
“With profound sorrow I affirm that Air India flight, AI 171 working Ahmedabad London Gatwick was concerned in a tragic accident at the moment,” Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran stated.
The flight was scheduled to depart Terminal 2 of the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, according to FlightRadar24 data, which suggests the plane endeavor the voyage was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide Airport is presently not operational, with all flight operations quickly suspended within the wake of the incident, an airport spokesperson stated.
CNBC has reached out to native police and India’s Directorate Common of Civil Aviation.
“I’m deeply saddened by the accident of the Air India passenger airplane crash in Ahmedabad. I’ve instructed the officers to take speedy rescue and aid operations within the accident and to make preparations for speedy therapy of the injured passengers on a struggle footing,” Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel stated on social media, according to a Google translation.
It is a growing story and will likely be up to date shortly.