An airplane crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday, news agency the Press Trust of India reported.
Police say the crash happened in a civilian area outside Ahmedabad’s airport
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Air India planes are parked in a row at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi, May 8, 2012. (Mustafa Quraishi/Associated Press)
An airplane crashed in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday, news agency the Press Trust of India reported.
Air India said the crashed aircraft is Flight AI171, a passenger flight to London Gatwick airport. Reuters reported police as saying there were at least 242 people on board the flight.
Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site near the airport in Ahmedabad.
