Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people, crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on its way to London.

The horrific crash of Air India Flight AI171 on Thursday, June 12, 2025, has left the nation in profound grief, with the confirmed death toll now sta

Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: 47 people who died in the Air India Ahmedabad-London plane crash were identified through DNA testing, while authorities handed over bodies of 25 victims to their families.

PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an official statement, confirmed that a second black box has been recovered from the Ahmedabad plane crash site.

The Gujarat government will hold a state funeral for former CM Vijay Rupani in Rajkot on Monday, coinciding with a day of state mourning.

Loychusak, who is now 47, recently took to Facebook to share his shock after knowing that the only survivor of the recent crash in Ahmedabad was also seated in 11A. “The lone survivor of the plane crash in India was sitting in the same seat number as me, 11A. Goosebumps,” he wrote.

Air India has confirmed that 241 people, including 52 British nationals who were on board the flight, were killed in the crash.

Of the 270 dead, 241 were passengers and cabin crew on the London-bound flight. The remaining were killed when the plane crashed into a college hostel

Following the Air India Flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad, IRDAI has instructed insurers to expedite claim settlements, especially for overseas medical insurance. Insurers are asked to waive certain formalities and rely on official lists for deceased identification.