India, June 16 -- It is a tragedy of immense proportions! One of the worst in the history of civil aviation in India! An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AI-171), from Ahmedabad to London, crashed shortly after take-off. The flight departed at 1:38 pm from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday, June 12. The failure to achieve lift occurred at a very low altitude of 825 feet, resulting in a crash and the aircraft bursting into flames - just 33 seconds after take-off. The plane had 242 people on board - 230 passengers, 10 crew members, and two pilots.

Videos show the plane struggling to gain altitude before it begins losing lift (upward force that allows an aircraft to stay airborne) and crashes, turning into a b...