India, June 12 -- An Air India plane, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet, crashed moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday in what is being said to be the airplane model's first fatal crash.

While there was no official confirmation on the death toll of the Ahmedabad plane crash, Ahmedabad police chief GS Malik told Reuters that 204 bodies had been recovered from the mishap site. Follow live updates of the Air India plane crash here

The plane, which was supposed to fly from Ahmedabad to Gatwick Airport in London, took off at around 1.38 pm but crashed just minutes later. According to Air India, a total of 242 passengers and crew members were on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft. T...