India, June 12 -- More than 100 casualties are feared after the ill-fated London-bound Air India flight crashed into a residential area in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on Thursday, according to sources.

The Air India Ahmedabad-Gatwick flight was carrying 242 people, including several crew members. It crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday afternoon. Follow Ahmedabad plane crash news live updates

Air India said there were 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian on board the plane that crashed neared the Ahmedabad airport.

A 'Mayday' distress call was given by the pilots of the Air India flight AI171, bound for London, that crashed shortly after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Gujarat's ...