India, June 12 -- In a devastating incident this afternoon, Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed into a residential area in Meghani Nagar just five minutes after takeoff. The flight had departed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.38 pm.

The aircraft was carrying 232 passengers, including 230 adults and 2 infants, along with 12 crew members, bringing the total number of people on board to 244. The extent of casualties remains unclear at this time.

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"Ahmedabad to London (Gatwick) airport, had crashed into a residential area (Meghani nagar) take off at 1:38 PM crashed 5 minutes after take off," officials sa...