New Delhi, June 12 -- World leaders reacted to the tragic Air India flight crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on 12 June, calling the accident 'heartbreaking' and 'devastating.'

Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was among the first leaders to react. Starmer said that the scenes emerging of a London-bound plane carrying many British nationals crashing in the Indian city of Ahmedabad were devastating.

"I am being kept updated as the situation develops, and my thoughts are with the passengers and their families at this deeply distressing time," Starmer said.

An Air India Boeing 787 aircraft carrying 242 passengers crashed near Meghani Nagar, close to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 12 Jun...