- The clash occurs minutes after taking off at 1:39 pm local time.
- The plane involved in the incident was Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
- There is no aircraft response after the so -called “Mayday”: air traffic control.
An Air India plane went to London with more than 240 people on board crashed near the Sardar Vallebhbhai Patel International Airport in the western city of Ahmedabad of India, minutes after taking off from Thursday from Ahmedabad of India, said the airline and the police, without specifying if there were deaths.
The plane was heading to Gatwick airport in the United Kingdom, said Air India, while police officers said it crashed into a civil area near the airport.
The Fumtradar24 aviation monitoring site said the plane was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, one of the most modern passenger aircraft in service.
“At this time, we are determining the details and we will share more updates,” said Air India in X.
The accident occurred when the plane was taking off, television channels reported. A channel showed that the plane took off on a residential area and then disappeared from the screen before a huge cloud of fire rose to the sky from beyond the houses.
The images also showed debris on fire, with a thick black smoke that rose to the sky near the airport. They also showed images of people who moved on stretchers and took them in ambulances.
A total of 242 people were on board the flight, news agency ANI He informed, citing the Police Control Chamber of the State of Gujarat.
Of India CNN News18 The television channel, however, said there were 220 passengers and 12 crew on the plane.
According to air traffic control at Ahmedabad airport, the plane left at 1:39 pm local time (0809 GMT) from track 23. He gave a call from “Mayday”, pointing out an emergency, but thereafter there was no response from the aircraft.
Flightradar24 also said he received the last signal of the seconds of the aircraft after he took off.
“The plane involved is a Boeing 787-8 Dreamline with VT-ANB registration,” he said.
Boeing did not respond immediately to a comment request.
The last fatal plane crash in India involved Air India Express, the low -cost arm of the airline.
The Boeing-737 of the airline exceeded a “table” track at the Kozhikode International Airport in southern India in 2020. The plane slid on the track, immersing himself in a valley and colliding first on the ground and killing 21 people.
PlaneMaker Boeing shares slide in commerce prior to US trade on Thursday after the plane crash in Ahmedabad that involved a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
Boeing’s shares fell 7.8% to $ 197.3 in the prior negotiation to the market. It was not clear immediately what the accident caused.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
