No number of victims have not yet been advanced. Air India plane crashed into a residential zone, moments after raising flight.
A plane crashed this Thursday in a residential area of India, in the Meghani area next to Ahmedabad International Airport. Would be 242 passengers on board.
Air India announced in Nova Delhi that a company plane that made the flight between Ahmedabad and London was involved in the accident.
Local firefighters did not detail the type of aircraft involved, the Lusa agency advances. The number of victims has not yet been advanced.
A thick black smoke rose over the city’s airport in the state of Gujarat, according to France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
Flight Radar shows that Air India flight would be preparing to fly from Ahmedabad International Airport (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport) Londres Gatwick at 09:50, local time. Its time of arrival was at 18:25, local time, according to.
However, the signal was lost at 10:08, local time, at 190 meters, less than a minute after take off, Nine minutes after receiving permission to get a flight.