India, June 12 -- A plane carrying 232 passengers and 10 crew members crashed moments after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. Sources said that the chances of any survivors after the horrific crash are slim.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which could be seen losing altitude quickly, crashed in Meghani Nagar area near the Ahmedabad international airport.

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The 242 people on board included 217 adults and 11 children, a source told Reuters. Of them, 169 were Indian nationals, 53 were Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian, Air India said.

The plane crashed soon after taking off from Ahmedabad International Airport around 2 pm, police said.

Fire tenders were rush...