Air India, the country’s flagship carrier, said in a post on X that Flight 171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick had been “involved in an incident.” The airline said it was “ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest.” It was scheduled to depart at 1:10 p.m. local time (3:40 a.m. ET).

More than 200 people are feared to have died after a plane bound for London crashed into a residential area shortly after taking off from an airport in India’s western city of Ahmedabad. Images from the scene showed thick black smoke rising up into the sky after the Air India plane crashed,

An Air India passenger jet carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed shortly after takeoff this morning in Ahmedabad, India. Officials are now reporting that most of the pa