Air India Plane Crash
Aviation Safety Network Report
Owner/operator: Air India
Registration: VT-ANB
MSN: 36279/26
Year of manufacture: 2013
Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants: 242
Location: near Ahmedabad-Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Apt.(AMD/VAAH) - India
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport: Ahmedabad-Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD/VAAH)
Destination airport: London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Narrative:
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flight AI171, crashed in Meghaninagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, after takeoff from runway 23 at Ahmedabad International Airport (AMD/VAAH).
A video, purportedly of the accident, shows the aircraft descending with the undercarriage still extended until it disappears out of view, following by a large explosion.
The aircraft crashed into a hostel building for doctors, located 1,4 km southwest of the runway end. Several MBBS students were residing in the building.
Sources:
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/518859
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/air-india-plane-crash-ahmedabad-airport-flight-ai171-5177241
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-plane-crash-live-updates-plane-crashes-in-ahmedabad-rescue-operations-underway-ahmedabad-plane-crash-8649245
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/air-india-plane-crash-part-of-aircraft-falls-on-building-in-ahmedabad-visuals/articleshow/121799403.cms
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/1245412_1726106712.jpg (photo)
Videos in links.