India, June 13 -- Air India flight AIC129, which took off early this morning from Mumbai for London, is returning to Mumbai, according to Flightradar24.

This comes a day after an Air India flight, carrying 242 passengers, crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ahmedabad airport.

The airline has confirmed that 241 people on board its London-bound flight were killed.

The Boeing 787-8 aircraft was carrying 242 passengers and crew members. The passengers comprised 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian national.

(This is a developing story.)

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