India, June 12 -- An Air India plane with 242 people onboard has crashed in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon. Following the incident, people started posting videos of black smoke rising towards the sky, claiming they were from the site of the flight accident.

According to PTI, the plane crashed in the Meghaninagar area near Ahmedabad airport. Fire officer Jayesh Khadia told the outlet that fire tenders were rushed to the spot after the aircraft caught fire following its crash.

"A plane crashed in the Meghaninagar area near the airport. It is not yet clear what type of plane it was," Ahmedabad police commissioner GS Malik told the outlet.

The flight took off at 1:38 pm, according to the Director General of Civil Aviation Faiz A...