India, June 12 -- A London-bound Air India flight crashed near Ahmedabad airport shortly after takeoff on Thursday afternoon, with 242 people on board. Sources told Hindustan Times that the aircraft had recently undergone refurbishing and initial observations suggest it may have suffered from an engineering issue.

Though casualties are feared, no official confirmation has been made so far.

Air India posted on X, "Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick, was involved in an incident today, 12 June 2025. At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates at the earliest on http://airindia.com and on our X handle."

According to the police, the aircraft crashed around 2 pm shortly after departing from Ah...