Air India Flight AI-171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London, crashed during takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday afternoon. The incident took place around 1:38 pm, just moments after the aircraft began its ascent.
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Preliminary reports suggest that two minutes after takeoff, the plane’s rear hit a tree, causing it to veer off and crash into a BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital building near the airport.
The impact was devastating, leaving several passengers and crew members injured. Emergency teams rushed to the scene, and visuals from near the medical college show heavy damage and thick black smoke billowing from the wreckage.